Last Wednesday night I went to life drawing class and had an opportunity to draw two models in the same sitting. They were life partners, so very comfortable with each other. This drawing (above) was my favourite from the night. It wasn’t easy to do as I had to look at each section individually andContinue reading “Life Drawing a Couple”
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100 Portraits Progress Update
This week, I finished the Sktcy online course, ‘Faces with France: Wrinkles’. The portrait above is the art I worked on as I did the last class. It was great and it took me about two hours to do this piece. I’m only just beginning to understand how to create wrinkles on the face thatContinue reading “100 Portraits Progress Update”
Art Practice this week
This week I have been diving deeper into portraits, busy developing my observation skills by focusing on drawing and painting fruit and vegetable compositions and I have also played around with creative doodling in my visual diary. Here’s my week in art. The above portraits are the start of my 100 portrait practice challenge whichContinue reading “Art Practice this week”
Portraiture – Wrinkles
I have been learning how to create wrinkles using cross hatching techniques. It’s through a Sktchy course called, Faces with France: Wrinkles. I am absolutely loving this class. Here’s what I’ve done so far… This one was done with a Bic pen on cream acid free paper. I loved seeing it come together and tookContinue reading “Portraiture – Wrinkles”
Portrait practice
Last week was super busy so I didn’t have an opportunity to do a lot of sketching. But I did manage to fit in a couple of portraits over the last two weekends. Here’s the portrait I just finished drawing/painting in my watercolour visual diary. It’s of a fellow artist from the Sktchy community. TheContinue reading “Portrait practice”
Artistic Playfulness
It’s been another busy period of artistic playfulness. Here’s my next arty update for anyone who may be interested. Last Sunday, I tapped into the inspirational photos of people on the Sktchy app and found a photo of a fellow artist. She had a beautiful face to draw and I was inspired. The above photosContinue reading “Artistic Playfulness”
Ramping up my Art Practice
In the last month I’ve ramped up my daily art practice. Sketching and using water colour paints in my sketch books most of the time. I’ve also been to another life drawing class, attended my first water colour painting class and today, I have just finished a Sktchy course on cross hatching. So if you’reContinue reading “Ramping up my Art Practice”
Life Drawing
Recently, I decided it was time to start sharpening my observation and drawing skills. So, I did a bit of research and found a fortnightly life drawing class held in Caloundra, Queensland. I’ve been to two sessions so far. The first one had a male model the second had a female model. They were greatContinue reading “Life Drawing”
Gouche and Crosshatching Creative Art
This week I have been playing around and creating botanical art in my new Windsor and Newton Watercolour visual diary. I also bought a pack of 18 Gouache paints and combined them with watercolour, watercolour pencils and a black pen to bring my back garden and front garden to life. Below are two of myContinue reading “Gouche and Crosshatching Creative Art”
Portraiture
I’ve been studying portraiture with graphite in the last two week. It’s been so good to apply my art and observation skills to the page again. Below is my first animal portrait in graphite on acid free cartridge paper (my visual diary). It’s a side view of Miss Poppy and her fluffy ragdoll ruff. BelowContinue reading “Portraiture”
The Creative Life 