ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 3, AND LILY THE TELLY ADDICT For parts 1 and 2 of this challenge, please see my blog posts here and here. The completion of the Landscape Challenge! This has been the most fun project to do, and I am more than happy with the…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 2, AND RUBY HAS BEEN HELPING For Part 1, please go here. I have been working on the actual landscape, and have completed the initial drawing and the painting. The initial drawing Just as a reminder, here is my reference photo, of the gardens of…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE PART 1 Plans, and the initial stages We are approaching the end of the landscapes module on the course, and the current project is the self-directed challenge. We are to create a landscape using at least two different media, from one of the reference photos provided,…
ONLINE ART COURSE - CAMPER VAN IN A DESERT LANDSCAPE We are now approaching the end of the landscapes module, with only the self-directed challenge to go. This is proving to be a great module to do, although I didn't enjoy the first one (the clouds in graphite). This particular project was worked…
SHOSHIVILLE BY MOONLIGHT - NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR HOUSES I have been planning to do a quirky houses negative painting for a while, and made a collection of drawings in my designs and patterns book for reference. This drawing was quite a complicated one to do, and I hit one or two roadblocks along the…
QUIRKY HOUSES AND A GREEDY CAT UPDATE Quirky houses Rhodia designs and patterns book I have an A4-sized Rhodia notebook with squared paper, 80 gsm. Although it is thin, the quality is better than your average printer paper; it has quite a smooth surface and it is very good for drawing. I use…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BOAT ON A BEACH, AND A GREEDY CAT Boat on a Beach in pen and pastel pencil For the second project in the landscapes module, we were given a mixed media piece to do. It was the first time that Phil, our teacher, had combined pastel pencil with ink…
NEGATIVE PAINTING When I first came across this, I thought, "What...?" I was intrigued, and decided to investigate. The idea The idea of negative painting is that you don't paint the objects; you paint the negative space between the objects. Sounds counter-intuitive? Actually it's quite good training for looking at the spaces between…
ONLINE ART COURSE - CLOUDY SKY IN GRAPHITE I have now got half way through the course, and begun the first module where we concentrate on subject matter rather than medium, in this case, landscapes. Graphite We haven't worked in graphite pencil since the first module when we did the still life of…
OUR CEANOTHUS IN WATERCOLOUR Our ceanothus bush is in full bloom at the moment, and for several days I wanted to paint it. I took this photo from outside the back door, looking up towards the garage at the top of the garden. Creating the reference photo I thought the angle was quite…
