This project had been among those with which I felt most comfortable in part 3 Drawing Outdoors, because I had the feeling that I know and can apply basic perspective rules. I wasn’t very fond of the course materials suggestion to use rulers to get really straight lines, but otherwise I appreciate perspective and always […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Part 3 Review: 360 degree studies II
This set of drawing was made from photographs as well. My location was on one of the hills deep inside the Brooklyn Cemetery, on a mild and sunny November (!) saturday. Drawing 1: Mausoleum ruin and fallen tree I switched to pen and ink for this drawing. This was to overcome the problem of faint […]
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Part 3 Review: Sketchbook walk II
I began with best intentions… Drawings 1 and 2: View over a field of tombs, framed by trees … but wasn’t satisfied what I produced. The task permitted only 15 minutes per drawing. I felt stressed and drew hastily from my photographs taken on a trip to the Brooklyn Cemetery. It felt like I […]
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More artists: Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American Painter (1887 – 1986), “recognized as the Mother of American Modernism” (Wikipedia). I became curious when I found her in the series of stamps “American Artists 1913- 31” by the United States Postal Services. I had often heard her name but never taken a closer look. After my move to […]
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Drawing skills: Inktense coloured pencils
I bought my Inktense pencils a while ago, after I read in the student forums that people were so amazed by them. I hadn’t really had the time to explore these until now. At the occasion of my review of part three, I made a sunset cloudscape drawing using Inktense coloured pencils. I was dissatisfied […]
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Part 3 Review: Drawing cloud formations
For my review of part 3, drawing outdoors, I’m beginning a new sketchbook. This time I chose one with heavier and more robust paper (160 gms) that will hopefully be appropriate for wet media, too. I will do the exercises not necessarily in the order they appear in the course materials, because I need a […]
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