ONLINE ART COURSE - NEW CHARCOAL PROJECT This is the final directed project of the charcoal module, and it is a picture of a rhino. Before starting on the project proper, we have a warm up session, and this time it consisted of three lessons, each one depicting a different animal. These are…
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 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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
