By Heather, on August 16th, 2010%
I turned over my drawing today. I am going to finish it, but I have class on Friday and I feel I’ve spent most of my time shading, rather than making sure my comparative measurements are correct. I want to show George that I’ve been practising. My only problem is that comparative . . . → Read More: Just for good measure
By Heather, on August 14th, 2010%
So I had my first lesson at the Atelier Studio. It was stressful! I was up most of the night, nervous/excited about the next day. I ended up getting up at 4am!
Having not stood at an easel for a while it was back breaking! First up, I was holding . . . → Read More: First lesson at the Atelier
By Heather, on June 29th, 2010%
Finally! I managed to work! God, it has been awful…to desperately want to paint, but not be able to. Ok, technically, I haven’t painted. I have drawn using oil pastels, but still…it’s work. These are my warm-up exercises. I dug deep into my mind, went to a dark place, and came up . . . → Read More: Old Man Deceiving The Artist
By Heather, on December 1st, 2009%
I’ve no idea what tissue paper and brown paper has to do with analytical drawing but we had to use it for class today. Actually, the tissue paper drawing was done last night for class today, and the brown paper drawing was done in class today.
Essentially, I had to glue pieces . . . → Read More: More analytical drawing
By Heather, on November 30th, 2009%
I’ve been doing life drawing for 13 weeks now, and I have to say it’s not a subject I’ve really enjoyed. I found that the methods being taught have slowed me down to a snail’s pace. That’s not the fault of the teacher or the methods, but simply because I am just learning. I . . . → Read More: Life drawing, or should that be life painting?