ONLINE ART COURSE - CLOUDY SKY IN GRAPHITE I have now got half way through the course, and begun the first module where we concentrate on subject matter rather than medium, in this case, landscapes. Graphite We haven't worked in graphite pencil since the first module when we did the still life of…
OUR CEANOTHUS IN WATERCOLOUR Our ceanothus bush is in full bloom at the moment, and for several days I wanted to paint it. I took this photo from outside the back door, looking up towards the garage at the top of the garden. Creating the reference photo I thought the angle was quite…
A NEW TOY - NANOZOOM I recently bought a nifty little gadget for my phone - a Nanozoom. This is a 200x microscope lens that you clip onto the phone in order to take extreme magnification photos. I had to fiddle around with it a bit in order to line it up on…
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,…
