Pencil drawing, A3
I'm pleased with this one, it was a lot of hard work but I ejoyed it. It took about 6 hours, on and off. The pine cone is a biggy, with some vicious spikes on it! I think we picked it up in Canada or the US.
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Friday 1 October 2010
Study of Shells
Pencil (B), A3
I get frustrated with the way my pencil drawings appear on-screen...These A3 ones are too big to scan and therefore a lot of the finer detail of texture and tonal difference gets lost. Its funny how the ones I'm pleased with look less-good on screen, and the ones I don't like often look better! : 0
I'm really learning a lot from my drawing at the moment, it takes such patience and such accute observation. It's been really good discipline only drawing with one grade of pencil, as it forced me to experiment with different mark making and pressure of the pencil. I can see why a thorough grounding in drawing has been the foundation for painting throughout traditional art teaching. I really hope I get my painting to improve in a similar way!
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Still Life
Watercolour, A4.
This is my first attempt at watercolour, after doing a day's course at West Dean College.
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