More Basic Drawing Week 3 - Drawing in the Dark!

Last week on the More Basic Drawing Course at Sandown Library we worked on drawing still life objects in the dark illuminated by a single candle.

 

As always the main aim of the task was to improve observation skills. However, this was a wonderful opportunity to study the perspective of shadows as well as drawing using an artificial light source, i.e. a candle. The candle gave a beautiful ambient light reminiscent of the working environment and atmosphere of the old masters. 

 

The students found the lesson fun as it was so different as well as interesting and all found it achievable.  They did fantastically well in overcoming the challenge of not being able to see the colours of the pastels, the paper they were working on or even each other!  All left the class having developed a sharper sense of observation and concentration.

 

 

This was the still life set up we used illuminated by one single candle

 

There were two tasks, one in charcoal and one in pastel. A selection of the drawings are shown below:

 

Drawing by Sue

Drawing by Julie

Drawing by Diana

Drawing by Kevin

Drawing by Geoff

Drawing by Cecily

Drawing by Vicki

Drawing by Geraldine

Thank you to all the Learners who accepted the challenge to draw in the dark and for sharing their work on this blog post.  If you are interested in learning to draw or paint please message me via the blog contact form on this page.

Happy Easter!

Lee

More Basic Drawing Week 2 - Drawing Glass Objects

Last week on the More Basic Drawing Course at Sandown Library we worked on drawing glass objects.

 

The goal was to observe the light and the darks, and capture these whilst only drawing a small amount of the midtone.   An easy mistake to make is to over draw glass and this is overcome by minimising the midtones whilst concentrating on highlights and dark areas. However, the key with any drawing is observation. 

There were two drawings to do. The first was white pencil on black paper to make a negative image and the second drawing was pencil on white paper for a positive image.  A selection of the drawings are shown below:

By Geraldine

By Geraldine

By Diana

By Geoff

By Cecily

By Julie

By Vicky

By Kevin

• By Sue

Thank you to all the Learners who are taking part on the course and those who have shared their work on this blog post.  If you are interested in learning to draw or paint please message me via the blog contact form on this page.

Happy Drawing!

Lee

More Basic Drawing Course - March 2016

Original drawing by Julie 2016

Last Monday I started a follow on course entitled 'More Basic Drawing' at Sandown Library with a group of enthusiastic students who were keen to advance their drawing skills.  The exercise set was to create a sense of depth with aerial perspective and to use some of the mark making techniques which they had learnt on the first course. 

 

The results that you see here are a combination of finished drawings and works in progress.  Watch this space for more completed works soon!

 

Many thanks to the students who allowed their work to be shared on the blog and special thanks to Alma Walsh who allowed us to use her wonderful photograph of a beautiful scene in West Wight.

 


Original drawing by Vicki 2016



Original drawing in progress by Cecily 2016

Original drawing in progress by Diana 2016

Original drawing in progress by Geoff 2016

Original drawing in progress by Geraldine 2016

Original drawing in progress by Kevin 2016

 
This course is still ongoing at Sandown Library and this week we are drawing glass objects.  Check the blog next week for the results!
 
If you would like to take part in one of my classes or one to one lessons please use the contact form on this blog.
 
Best wishes
 
Lee