Our cats and their various activities
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 2, AND RUBY HAS BEEN HELPING For Part 1, please go here. I have been working on the actual landscape, and have completed the initial drawing and the painting. The initial drawing Just as a reminder, here is my reference photo, of the gardens of…
QUIRKY HOUSES AND A GREEDY CAT UPDATE Quirky houses Rhodia designs and patterns book I have an A4-sized Rhodia notebook with squared paper, 80 gsm. Although it is thin, the quality is better than your average printer paper; it has quite a smooth surface and it is very good for drawing. I use…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BOAT ON A BEACH, AND A GREEDY CAT Boat on a Beach in pen and pastel pencil For the second project in the landscapes module, we were given a mixed media piece to do. It was the first time that Phil, our teacher, had combined pastel pencil with ink…
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…
COLOURED PENCIL DRAWING - TONY'S CAT SMUDGE, AND MY LATEST KITTY PHOTOS When we visited my hubby's 96-year-old friend on Sunday, I took several photos of his cat. I had not been to his apartment since his wife died and before they got Smudge, so this was the first time I had seen…
HANDS - A DRAWING TO KEEP ME GOING, AND RESURRECTING THE PERSIAN TILES CROCHET THROW Drawing hands Until my new pastel pencils arrive next Friday, I cannot get on with the online art course work. Not wanting to be idle and needing to keep up with my art practice, I drew some hands…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COMPLETING THE OLD CAR PROJECT, AND A DRAWING OF LILY AND RUBY At last we have finished the first main project of the Ink Pens module. Both my hubby and I have been pretty busy lately and it's been hard to find time when we could both sit down…
CATCHING UP WITH THE ONLINE ART COURSE; OTHER DRAWINGS, AND ART IN GENERAL I've had a very busy time lately, and as a result getting pretty tired, which means I've been getting behind with drawing course. Online Art Course - Module 3 - Ink Pens Completing Project #1 - Six Small Sketches This…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FIGURE STUDIES - FIGURE 3, A NEW LAPTOP, CATARACT NEWS, AND A BOX FOR RUBY Figure 3 - accordionist This afternoon I finally had time to sit down and complete the third project in the first module of the course (graphite drawing). Some interesting foreshortening to cope with in…
