Jane Lafazio-lesson 2

Well I am very behind in Jane's class so I sat down at a local coffee shop and sketched for three hours today. I choose the carrot cake because I really liked the carrot design on top-the cake though was dry. As I was sketching that one, the sun was coming through the window, however, towards the end when I was doing watercolour, the sun disappeared and had to do some from memory. The one with the toucan, was slightly unnerving for me as there was one woman who sat down and watched me for almost two hours. I do get kind of nervous when someone is watching me. Tomorrow, I will be doing lesson 4 instead of two because I will be sketching at a Green house-with a friend. It is way too cold to sketch outside and a greenhouse is a great alternative and I will be surrounded by plants. I can't wait. Hopefully by Monday evening or Tuesday morning I will post my progress

Laure Ferlita's Beach Class

My first class with Laure after Christmas and boy does it feel good to be back in her class. For awhile, I thought I lost my mojo and halfway through the project I started feeling better. It pays not to take a break from drawing and painting. We used wax resist to capture the texture on the starfish which was alot of fun. I think my white guys are a little too smooth and of course my shadows are in the wrong place for them. I did challenge myself to use reflected colours particularly in the sand and creating colourful optical browns using primary and secondary colours. I am behind in her class as well as Jane's but I will catch up-hopefully soon. Tomorrow I will be sketching in a coffee shop. I was going to go yesterday but it was snowing, cold and miserable! How I long to be at the beach where I drew these little guys!

Jane Lafazio-lesson 1

As the course is now in the third week, I am slightly behind due to my cat having surgery and having to be a nurse this past week. Since I have been slightly housebound, I just did the first weeks assignments a couple of times on hotpressed paper. It is so different than the cold pressed paper that I am use to and I don't mind the staccato spots of colour. I think it is fun. This weekend, while catching up on Laure Ferlita's homework in the wonderful beach class, I will also be in the coffee shop too! I absolutely love doing art and I could do this all day!

sketchbook project

The second out of three onions that I sketched.

sketchbook project

Another position for the red pepper.

sketchbook project

A fast version of a red pepper.

sketchbook project -flowers

Sketchbook project -red onions

The first onion out of three.

sketchbook project

A final sketch done at the museum just before it closed.

sketchbook project

Colour versions of the birds at my local museum.

Sketchbook project

These were sepia sketches I did at my local museum.