COMPLETION OF THE ONLINE ART COURSE It is hard to believe, but I have now completed the online art course, DrawAwesome. I began in November last year, after seeing our teacher Phil's ad on YouTube. I do not regularly respond to YouTube ads but there was something that piqued my interest about this…
SEND IN THE CONES Caroline, one of my pals on the ArtKula art forum, has gained quite a reputation for her famous watercolour sketches of wheelie bins and traffic cones. She loves painting ordinary things, and it has become quite a joke between us. She reported recently that she'd been out painting on…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE FINAL PROJECT - CHERRIES... AND MORE! I'm feeling quite sad. This is the final directed challenge of the whole year-long course, and it's hard to believe that it's finished, apart from the self-directed challenge which will be anything you like - totally open ended! I think Phil, our…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FOREST ANIMALS ON GREY PAPER For the second project in this final module of the course, we had to draw three different animals, using different mixed media for each. It was quite an interesting challenge, and I was quite pleased with my first two drawings but less satisfied with…
ONLINE ART COURSE - LEAVES AND FLOWERS ON GREY PAPER The final module of the course! I cannot believe I have just started the final module of this year-long course. How quickly the time has gone, and what a lot I have learnt. After increasingly challenging projects in recent months, the first project…
TIMES TABLE ART - TWO TIMES TABLE - TWO BY TWO There was really no choice over the subject of this drawing - "Two by Two" had to refer to Noah's Ark! My second Times Table drawing It might seem a bit illogical to start with 3 and then go to 2, but…
TIMES TABLE ART - X3 TABLE - THREE'S A CHARM Today I completed my first artwork based on one of the Times Table charts I made recently. I have decided to add a quote or phrase representing the number to the first set, and thought a x3 table was good to start with,…
TIMES TABLE ART I have recently been watching some very interesting YouTube videos from Mathologer. I don't claim to understand a lot of what he says because maths is not my subject. I am keen to learn more, though, because there is something deeply fascinating about how numbers are the foundation of all…
A CELTIC ART SAMPLER Celtic art Recently I started work on some pop-up projects which included a rotating circles pop-out. I decided to decorate it with some Celtic art and knew I needed to practise. As a result of this, the pop-ups have taken a back seat for a while, as I work…
A BEAUTIFUL NEW DRAWING TOOL My latest drawing tool - a real treasure Some time ago I bought a cheap proportional divider to help with my continual problem of getting size and proportion correct in my drawings. I am improving in this direction, but sometimes it is extremely helpful to use this tool,…
