Today is my 71st birthday (eek... I haven't even managed to get my head around being 70 yet!). The day started badly with my waking up at 7.00 a.m. so I thought I'd get up, but I'd only started to get ready when I felt so tired and in need of more sleep…
I am sad to see the end of the coloured pencils module. This has been one of my favourites to do, and I really enjoy working with this medium. After only a very few attempts, I think I have mastered it pretty well, and am looking forward to moving ahead and doing many…
ONLINE ART COURSE - ROBIN IN COLOURED PENCILS This was a very exciting project, requiring more skill than previous projects in the coloured pencils module, because it was a more detailed drawing, and it was also more photo-realistic than previous projects which were more sketchy. The drawing step by step As usual, we…
TEABAG ART - COLLAGE FRAGMENTS It's been a long while since I spent any quality time in my studio. Before I could do so, I had to have a major tidy-up! Once this was done, the way was clear to work in there again. I have been very busy with the online art…
CATS IN COLOURED PENCILS Smudge is now framed On 25th April, I published a post about the coloured pencil drawing I did of Smudge, my hubby's friend's cat. I subsequently had this framed, and today we visited Tony and I was able to give him the picture. He was thrilled with it and…
ONLINE ART COURSE - SKETCHING HANDS WITH COLOURED PENCILS This is the second project in the coloured pencils module. We were given three pictures of hands to draw, and in the first instance we had to do this with a normal pencil. It was an exercise in getting the proportions correct. Phil, the…
CLOUD PORTAL A new drawing in my small Rhodia drawing book ("Shoshi's Little Black Book"). I have just started following Miss Betsi on YouTube and learning some of her doodle patterns and techniques. She is worth checking out, as she does beautiful 3-D pen work. One of her drawings was of a tunnel,…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COLOURED PENCILS - VEGETABLES I have now reached the final module in the online art course which deals with specific media, in this case, coloured pencils. The remaining modules are subject-based (e.g. landscapes, animals, portraits). Coloured pencils are now one of my favourite media to work with. I have…
SHOSHI'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK, AND SOME GOLD MANDALAS Little Black Book lost and found What I used to call my Rhodia drawing book has now been renamed. Shoshi's Little Black Book. Foz, a member of the art forum I am on, called it that and it's stuck! It doesn't contain naughty stuff though,…
A FUN SHOPPING TRIP, PICTURE FRAMING, WALK-IN PANTRY REVISITED, AND A MISSING DIAMOND FOUND Picture framing Yesterday my hubby and I went to a lovely part of town where there is a pedestrian precinct with interesting and quirky shops. The main reason for our outing was so that I could take a couple…
