Back to life drawing class

This week saw the return of life drawing classes. As it had been a while, I did a couple of warm up sketches at home first. The charcoal one (above) came out a… Continue reading →

Exercise 37: Drawing cloud formations

Draw tonal studies of cloud formations in charcoal, oil pastel and conte with the aid of a putty rubber. Draw quickly and try to give volume to the clouds. Clouds are harder to… Continue reading →

Exercise 23: Getting tone and depth in detail

Select an object and build up tones using pencils and hatching/cross-hatching techniques.  Use smooth A3 paper and a variety of soft pencils.   I approached this drawing with trepidation as hatching and I… Continue reading →

Exercise 11: Study of light reflected from one object to another

Arrange two or three objects, at least one of which has a shiny reflective surface, side by side with a small space in between them.  Place a light source to one side of… Continue reading →

Exercise 9: Observing shadow and light formations on a surface

Place two simple objects together and position a lamp so that they are lit from one side.  Observe the main areas of light and dark tone on them.  Make some quick pencil sketches… Continue reading →