ONLINE ART COURSE - PASTEL PENCILS - HEN This is the second project in this module. Although I am improving, I still struggle with proportion! I marked the extremities of my drawing before beginning, and it came out much too small! I didn't use the proportional divider. Apart from this, I am pretty…
ONLINE ART COURSE - PASTEL PENCILS - AVOCADO Now that my pastel pencils have finally arrived, and I had a nice quiet day on my own today, I was able to settle down and work on the first project in the fourth module of the course, which is pastel pencils. I had thought…
NEW PASTEL PENCILS, AND COLOURING SOME OLD DRAWINGS Faber Castell pastel pencils My new pastel pencils arrived today, a day earlier than scheduled, which is excellent. Tomorrow I am hoping to settle down and begin the Pastel Pencils module on the art course, which I have had to delay because my existing set…
GRAPHITE DRAWING - KITCHENAID FOOD MIXER Only a couple of days to go before my new pastel pencils arrive, and I can continue with the online art course work. In the meantime I am trying to practise drawing every day (I don't always manage it but it's important to keep trying!). Originally I…
HANDS - A DRAWING TO KEEP ME GOING, AND RESURRECTING THE PERSIAN TILES CROCHET THROW Drawing hands Until my new pastel pencils arrive next Friday, I cannot get on with the online art course work. Not wanting to be idle and needing to keep up with my art practice, I drew some hands…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BEGINNING A NEW MODULE - PASTEL PENCILS, AND MORE WONKY VEG Colour at last! It seems really strange to be embarking on colour, after the first three modules which were all monochrome - graphite, charcoal and ink pens with black watercolour. I really love working in monochrome and shall…
COMPLETING THE INK PENS SELF-DIRECTED CHALLENGE, A COUPLE OF DRAWINGS IN MY SKETCHBOOK, AND A NEW EASEL I have now completed the final project in the Ink Pens module - three small drawings. I did the third one first (the teddy) and then the first one (the padlock) and have now done the…
ONLINE ART COURSE - SELF-DIRECTED CHALLENGE IN THE INK PENS MODULE As I mentioned in my previous post, as we approach the end of this module, the final project, as always, is a self-directed challenge, i.e. we are given something to draw, but are left entirely to our own devices as to how…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE FINAL PROJECT IN THE INK PENS MODULE, A HEALTH UPDATE, AND A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL CHAPEL Ink Pens module - self-directed challenge This final project in the module consists of three small drawings. All the teacher Phil provided for this one was an orientation video and then…
ZENTANGLE IGUANA When we began the Iguana project in the online drawing course, Phil, our teacher, encouraged us not to feel intimidated by the amount of detail in the drawing, saying that it was rather like Zentangle, a method of drawing consisting of repetitive small marks. I have done Zentangle drawing for many…
