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…
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…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FIGURE STUDIES - FIGURE 2 I really struggled with this one! The envelope technique, whereby you draw a five-sided shape around the figure before blocking in the main components of the drawing, is very difficult, and even when I think I've got it right, it turns out not to…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FIGURE STUDIES - INTRODUCTION AND FIGURE 1, AND A NEW LAP DESK Taking on this project was, to be honest, somewhat daunting. However, that's what I thought about the eye studies, and those turned out OK! Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Phil, the teacher, gave us what he said was…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COMPLETION OF THE EYE STUDIES This afternoon I completed Module A (Graphite), Project 2 (Eye Studies), with my drawing of Eye No. 4. This was the second one where we were left to our own devices, the teacher assuming that by this time we would have enough knowledge and…
