Derwent " Inktense" pencil with watercolor & white ink

We thought we would seize the opportunity to have a yard sale

over the weekend.

There was a nice turnout,
and now back to art.

. . .  . . .

If you're interested in drawing faces, this is a good link that explains proportions:

5 Proportions of the Face.

Scroll down to "Proportions of the Face" - easier than you think:)

Charcoal

This rainy morning was spent drawing

with Renee Mueller.

I started with this as a warm-up, 

and then went into a lesson drawing three faces on the same page.

Part of the new lesson was to learn how to

pretty much obliterate some of the facial features of these three women
with a black wash.

Well, that did not go well. 

This is it for today:)

Charcoal with Acetone / Renee Mueller Class

Powdered charcoal with acetone

During this block of the class, 

I drew along with Renee Mueller

 using a charcoal pencil and willow charcoal

 (homemade with twigs from our old willow tree).

Near the end, I sprinkled powdered charcoal 

on the upper left and lower right parts of the drawing.

It was then spritzed with acetone.

The effect resembles a kind of bubbly texture,

though maybe not so apparent in the photo.

Ditto with the lion

though the camera didn't pick up the texture very well.

The next exercise is charcoal with water.

Hope to see you on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

A Few More Sketches / Renee Mueller Class

Charcoal

Renee Mueller's class has been really interesting.

She suggested doing a few more drawings 

before progressing to the next lesson.

Charcoal

A new technique combining acetone & charcoal is coming up.

Renee Mueller Online Class #1

Charcoal / 10X8 (25.4cmX20.3cm)

This is the first drawing from Renee Mueller's online class, "Les Femmes."

This class is offered through Jeanne Oliver's teaching site, "jeanneoliver.com."

Renee has such an easy teaching style.

She is so encouraging:)

A few more of these to come before lesson #2 is started.

Hocus Focus

Got a couple of journal pages started, lost my focus, so I moved on.

Journal pages - in progress stuff

Then I thought I would start a batik. 

Unfortunately, I messed it up.

Batik fail

Must be the change of seasons.

  Slow motion in summer; hyperdrive in the fall:)

This and That

Most days have been spent outside this summer; not much has been happening in the world of art except a little of this and a little of that. 

Over the past few months, I signed up for some online classes, but have yet to dive into them.  I chose these classes at artist Jeanne Oliver's awesome teaching site:

"Les Femmes" by artist Renee Mueller

"The Raw of Silence" by Emma Petitt.

Since I'm clueless about landscapes, I went over to artist Carla Sonheim's teaching site & signed up for this class:

"Translating Landscape" by Anita Lehmann.

The classes will be great for those "I don't know what to paint" days.

Have a great weekend!  Hope to see you next week.