This week was time to do some more life-drawing. A new model and new way of drawing: out is the gesture approach and in is creating depth and form through shading. This meant that we were drawing with the side of the conte, which was a challenge and meant that I wasn’t as precise with […]
Category: Being (art)schooled
Being (art)schooled: Week#6: Life & gesture drawing
OK, so I’ve got a number of pieces from this week. Let me just start by saying that I loved this week’s work. Loved it. As you can tell, we had a model and we were doing life drawing. It was a real additive class. Starting with the gesture pieces (the triptych you can see […]
Being (art)schooled #5: Texture
Week #5, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This week was all about texture. The bottom piece of work was closest to what we were supposed to be doing, but its the one that I like the least. The top piece is actually where I was drying my brush before working, with an india ink gesture still […]
Being (art) schooled #4: perspective
Week #4, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
Being (art)schooled #3: Volume and Depth through Charcoal
Week #3, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Another Thursday night, another drawing lesson. This week we had another still-life to complete, after a little demo on creating volume and depth. Nice to get the refresher and spend some more time actually looking at how shadows are cast and light is reflected on different objects. This work […]
Being (art)schooled #2: Chalk Pastels and Charcoal
Week #2, originally uploaded by Gavatron. A still life this week; while I’m happy with some of the details in the work, overall it feels a bit flat. We’re going to be working on creating volume next week, so we’ll see if I improve. I like how the zucchini turned out (right hand corner). When […]
Being (art) schooled
Week 1, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I’m going to the second of ten drawing lessons at the AGO school tonight. Above is the product of my first week—it’s a charcoal sketch of a photocopied watercolour. And it’s not too bad, if I may say so. I had an interesting experience buying art supplies this afternoon. […]