This week’s session will focus on drawing spring meadow flowers with chalk pastels.
Materials: coloured pastel paper (11 x 17″), set of chalk pastels, soft rag, watercolour brush #12 (for blending), blending stump or q-tip, eraser,
To register: PAYMENT
This week’s session is focused on drawing a piece of crumpled paper. We will draw it as a specific shape and then as an all-over pattern to create an abstract mountain range or cliffside.
Materials: sketchbook 14 x 17 sketchbook, range of graphite pencils (HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B and 8B or anything in this range), eraser, 8 x 11″ piece of copy paper or cardstock (for crushing)
To register: PAYMENT
This week’s session is focused on abstract topographic map drawing. This is a great way to learn how to draw beautiful and confident lines with pen and conte crayon. We will be doing two drawings: one with ink and pencil on white paper and another with white conte crayon (or white pastel) on black paper.
Materials: sketchbook 14 x 17 or sheet of smooth drawing paper around that size, bowl-point nib, nib holder and black ink (or any fine black pen you have on hand), 1/4 sheet of black pastel paper (approx 12 x 15″), white conte, graphite pencils, eraser, ruler and pencil sharpener. If you don’t have black paper you can use another colour or just use white paper and black conte crayon.
There always seems to be confusion about what a “bowl-point nib” is -it is a nib you dip into ink that is made by Staedtler and is designed for drawing. They are available at both Island Blue and Opus.
To register: PAYMENT
Some examples of topographic drawing
This week’s is drawing bare branch trees to celebrate the end of the Winter season. We will focus on the shape and structure as well as the different textures of the bark.
Materials: sketchbook (14 x 17″), vine charcoal, conte crayon, set of soft (chalk) pastels, brush and/soft rag for blending, eraser
To register: PAYMENT
Some bare branch tree drawing inspiration from Henry Moore:
For this session we will be making a bouquet of flowers using watercolour and chalk pastels.
Materials: watercolour set, watercolour pad, brush, set of chalk pastels, rag (for blending)
To register: PAYMENT
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