Final Drawing Class

Week nine has finally arrived and this week we had a male model - I am still not overly comfortable having one naked person is a room full of clothed people.

Can't say I was impressed by this weeks effort. I need lots and lots more practice but now at least I have the basics and know where and how to start. I guess a blank page no longer scares me to death.




I will do more classes I'm sure but have a few other priorities over the coming weeks so maybe next term.

Drawing Class Week Five

Last night was week five but I missed one due to the AQC. Probably wouldn't have helped this exercise - I just wish I could get the charcoal to do what my head is telling it to do. I know Practice Practice Practice.

This exercise was to draw three objects simply and then move and draw them again and also a third time so they all overlap on the one plane.

Then you needed to draw around the resulting shapes and start shading them with charcoal. Very messy but of course you always learn something each time you try anything.

Week 3 Drawing Class

Finally something that is recognisable. Tonight's subject was Tone and my boring vase is certainly taking on a life of it's own. Charcoal is very messy but good fun.

I was very excited as I finally found some perfect containers for my beads. Clear plastic - easy to stack and firmly fitting lid. I now have 500 of them but not all for my own use. They are for the mixtures on my website.

Drawing Class

OK I am brave enough to put myself up to ridicule. I think it will be good for my soul and hopefully to also see the development of my skills (or lack of)

Week One - measuring - transferring images in correct proportion to a page. Results - pathetic but you have to start somewhere don't you. Actually it is quite good that you can't see it too well as it is dreadful.


Week Two - perspective - loved this one - always like drawing lines although my hands were itching for a ruler. Pencil control is something I yearn to develop.

Drawing Class

I cannot draw - I cannot transfer an image from my eyes to a page. It frustrates me that no one ever taught me to draw in 6 years of high school art class. So I have finally done something about it and enrolled in a nine week evening class run by a local art store.
Lesson one was mainly about learning about the tools and charcoal and pencils. I now know the difference between H for hard and B for broad pencils and the difference between natural and compressed charcoal.

We also spent the best part of the lesson learning to measure with the pencil and squinting.
I think I will enjoy this class and may be brave enough to share my progress with you.

I am also curious about someone from Sassafras who seems to have been permanently on my blog for a couple of days. I hope it is something technical and not that you are hanging around waiting for something interesting to happen. You may be disappointed.

We have also been dyeing frantically for the upcoming Melbourne Quilt Show.