shade and toning assignment

Yesterday we were given the following assignment at the end of class. Create three drawings on white background of objects in or around your home that represent cubed, spherical and conical shapes. We could use either or pencils or charcoal, our choice. The lesson was on taking a line drawing and shading and toning it … Continue reading shade and toning assignment

Adding Dimension

I thought I'd post a class drawing today. This class is taking us from square one to start. In our first classes, we worked on the basic shapes. Today we started adding tones and shading to add dimension. This is when things start to come to life. I find when I'm in this class, that … Continue reading Adding Dimension

Daisy Detail

Gayle asked me to post a picture of the detail on the watercolor background and daisies. You can see on this where I lost control of the bleed with the crayons, in spite of using textile medium. I call this a happy mistake. Until this bled, I didn't realize that the problem for me was … Continue reading Daisy Detail