DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - FURTHER SHADING PRACTICE After yesterday's set exercise to practise different methods of shading with the ink pen, I decided to add some of my own to the blank portions of the page. YouTube inspiration I have watched numerous YouTube videos on drawing with pens…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - MATERIALS AND SHADING EXERCISES At last we are starting to put pen to paper in this course! The first two units have been really interesting, though, with the introductions and learning about mandalas. I have really enjoyed the new experience of seeing them everywhere.…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - CREATE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS Having completed the online drawing course just in time for the end of the year, I am now ready to start a series of new courses from Domestika. Last year I subscribed for a year and was able to get twelve…
2024 Review - Art As usual, here is my end-of-year review. As before, I've separated out the art from the rest, as there is so much, and even so, this post is going to be very long! Online art course The most important art activity this year has been my participation in the…
END OF YEAR REVIEW OF THE ONLINE ART COURSE I was very happy to complete the art course before the end of the year. I began it in November 2023 so it was just over a year in completion. Nice to start the New Year with a clean slate and try and catch…
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…
