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

Now What?

I needed some mindless piecing to do this morning. Something I didn't have to think about, just repetitive and calming. Something that had no expectations attached to it's result. So, I pulled out some cut off strips from my hand-dyes and decided to do some strip piecing with them. No set sizes, no set color … Continue reading Now What?