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2023 – End of Year Review

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…

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31st December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Drawing Course – Optional Extra Charcoal Landscape, and a New Drawing Tool

ONLINE DRAWING COURSE - OPTIONAL EXTRA CHARCOAL LANDSCAPE, AND A NEW DRAWING TOOL Since this extra lesson was optional, I thought I would work it in graphite instead of charcoal. This was going OK (more or less) but eventually I realised that there were some large very dark areas and I wasn't getting…

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30th December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Drawing Course – Final Landscape in Charcoal

ONLINE DRAWING COURSE - FINAL LANDSCAPE IN CHARCOAL To my relief, today I completed the final landscape of three in the Charcoal module. There is a further bonus landscape to draw if we wish, but this is optional; having decided that charcoal really isn't my medium of choice, I shan't be tackling that…

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29th December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Art Course – Second Charcoal Landscape, and a Bit More Homespun Philosophy

ONLINE ART COURSE - SECOND CHARCOAL LANDSCAPE, AND A BIT MORE HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY The second landscape was more interesting than the first one, and I think I made a better fist of it! I'm still not entirely happy, and have come to the conclusion that charcoal is definitely not the medium for me.…

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28th December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Art Course – Module B – Charcoal – Project 6 – Landscape Sketches

ONLINE ART COURSE - MODULE B - CHARCOAL - PROJECT 6 - LANDSCAPE SKETCHES Today I completed the first landscape study on this project. I have to say that I am not embracing charcoal. It is messy, and looks dirty. It's all good experience, and I shall complete the module, but I very…

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27th December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Art Course – Module B – Charcoal – Completing the Sunflower Drawing

ONLINE ART COURSE - MODULE B - CHARCOAL - COMPLETING THE SUNFLOWER DRAWING Today I completed the sunflower drawing in charcoal. I had left it having done the background, and there were three remaining lessons to complete the picture - the flower head, the leaves and stems, and the final pencil work to…

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26th December 2023

Drawing and Painting

Online Art Course – Module B – Charcoal – Sunflower Background

ONLINE ART COURSE - MODULE B - CHARCOAL - SUNFLOWER BACKGROUND I had hoped to finish the sunflower drawing today, but as usual everything took longer than anticipated. Also, I had a lot of cooking to do this morning ready for Christmas, and as a result, lunch was rather late. I managed to…

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23rd December 2023

Drawing and Painting / Studio Equipment

Online Art Course – Module B: Charcoal – Warm-Up Exercises, and Beginning the First Project

ONLINE ART COURSE - MODULE B: CHARCOAL - WARM-UP EXERCISES, AND BEGINNING THE FIRST PROJECT Very exciting to be moving on to the second module of the Draw Awesome course. I really wasn't sure about charcoal - messy, imprecise... not me at all! - but I am determined to work through every stage…

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22nd December 2023

Computer / Drawing and Painting / Health Issues / M.E. / Optical

Online Art Course – Self-Directed Challenge, my First Cataract Operation, and New Laptop News

ONLINE ART COURSE - SELF-DIRECTED CHALLENGE, MY FIRST CATARACT OPERATION, AND NEW LAPTOP NEWS Online art course - another still-life graphite drawing The final project in the first module, graphite, is a self-directed challenge, i.e. making a drawing without any help from the teacher. The video gives some hints, and several choices. You…

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19th December 2023

Cats / Computer / Drawing and Painting / Health Issues / Optical

Online Art Course – Figure Studies – Figure 3, A New Laptop, Cataract News and a Box for Ruby

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…

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5th December 2023

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