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Assignment 1 – Natural Forms
This is the second drawing for assignment 1 Natural forms. As explained in my last post I had ground to a sudden halt after a ten day holiday and struggled to get back to the level of enthusiasm I ha… more →
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Drawing Skills. Part one: Mark-making and tone. Project: Making Marks. Exercise: Line and other marks
wrote 1 week ago: Exercise completed on 10.5.13 I worked this exercise in my sketchbook – the first page with pe … more →
Drawing Skills. Part one: Mark-making and tone. Project: Making marks. Exercise: Doodling
wrote 1 week ago: Exercise completed 1.5.13. My first doodle was worked on an A3 sheet of paper. I used a variety of … more →
Drawing Skills. Part one: Mark-making and tone. Project: Making marks. Exercise: Holding pens and pencils.
wrote 1 week ago: I learned a lot from this exercise by being able to compare the different drawing materials side by … more →
Artists come from Copycats
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wrote 3 weeks ago: There is much to be learned from children. Thankfully, I have grandchildren who will “keep it … more →
Assignment 1: Natural object still life
wrote 3 weeks ago: The finished drawing A1 Ingres Paper, Grey tone Soft pastels This drawing was supposed to be a quick … more →
Studies for Natural still life objects
wrote 3 weeks ago: Felt tip study I put a fair bit of thought into what to use for the subject matter of the natural st … more →
The materials have arrived!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Well, after several months of struggling with Art History, I took the leap and decided to change to … more →
Project 7: Enlarging an image
wrote 1 month ago: exercise 1: Enlarging an existing drawing Exercise 2: Enlarging a simple flat image – small A4 … more →
Project 6: Using Texture
wrote 1 month ago: Exercise 1-Experimenting with texture Here I used different drawing tools for these square textural … more →
Project 5: Still Life, Exercise 3: Observing negative space and perspective
wrote 2 months ago: Exercise 3: Observing negative space and prospective Two continuos line drawings. First drawing in t … more →
Project 5: Still Life, Exercise 2: Composition of natural objects
wrote 2 months ago: Exercise 2, Composition of natural objects. A3 cartridge paper pen pencil, HB, 0.5 4B pencil 8B penc … more →
Project 5: Still Life, Ex 1: Made Objects
wrote 2 months ago: Exercise 1: man made objects still life compositions. For the first exercise I used a soft toy rat m … more →
Essex Water Color Club Demo Video
wrote 2 months ago: I just received a copy of the video shot during last week’s demo. It’s long, and also p … more →
Project 3: Tone and Form
wrote 2 months ago: Exercise 1: Observing shadow and light on a surface.Exercise 2: Tonal Studies For these two exercise … more →
Project 2: Exercise 3, Super Market Shop
wrote 2 months ago: What’s in the bag? Facts: A3 cartridge paper felt tip pens time taken aprox 10 hours I got a l … more →
Project 2: Basic Shape and Fundamental Form
wrote 2 months ago: Exercise 1, Boxes and Books This exercise was about seeing perspective correctly. I gathered a heap … more →
Fire Hydrant, Near Complementary Color Scheme
wrote 4 months ago: Bring The Color Scheme Game outdoors, even in the winter. Fire Hydrant, Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC Wh … more →
Abstract Design from Traced Objects
wrote 4 months ago: When teaching workshops focused on a variety of watercolor techniques, I present the students with a … more →
Assignment 4: Drawing 2 using Tone
wrote 4 months ago: The Process for the second drawing: Tone As with the first drawing, I began with gesture and thumbna … more →
