Phone number and email check.
Fire and evacuation procedure, toilet and kitchen location.
Learning from each other, practice, practice, practice- there is no such thing as perfect. Each person has their own unique style, like handwriting.
Questions: What made you want to do this course? What do you like to draw and what would you like to learn?
Name tag- pencils and colour pencils
Straight Lines- 10 parallel ,10 graduated, dark to light, 10 light to dark
Circles- different sizes, ovals, different sizes
Even pressure, try to keep lines parallel
Even pressure, try to keep distances between lines consistent
Start in the centre dark then gradually go to light then dark again
Make these shapes using the 'crating technique'
Doodling is a great tool for memory and focus boosting, stress relieving, problem solving creative practice that also improves your drawing skills - Check out this website for more information
Watch this video and then have a go yourself
Choose one of the objects available to draw and have a go at shading too
Bethany- colour pencil
Tara-pencil drawing
Still life
Still life
Warm up exercises: Draw lines, light, dark and gradient, Draw a cube, cone, cylinder and pyramid.
Negative space drawings
Chalk pastel and pencil silhouette landscape on paper
Pencil Cityscape
Using simple shapes to draw animals
Detailed Pencil drawing
Different styles of shading landscapes. Right: A softer tonal approach
Left: High contrast.
John Constable- The Cornfield, 1826
Monet - Les Meules , 1891.
Sold for $110.7 Million dollars at a Sotheby's auction in 2019