What are you working on now?
Do you find time to practice your new skills outside of the classroom?
I have had the last 5 weeks off because unit 5 won't be offered til the end of August. I am amazed at how much I didn't do! The classroom certainly motivates me! The only thing that I've finished during this time is a shoe. I chose this shoe because it was so similar to the shoe we shaded in the shading class. This shoe is owned by a co-worker who wore this shoe during the late 60's in London... it has a lot of character. (I still struggle with shoelaces!)
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Very Nice!
That is just brilliant!
That's fantastic!
QUOTE (tannis @ Aug 4 2009, 04:07 PM) 
What are you working on now?
Do you find time to practice your new skills outside of the classroom?
I have had the last 5 weeks off because unit 5 won't be offered til the end of August. I am amazed at how much I didn't do! The classroom certainly motivates me! The only thing that I've finished during this time is a shoe. I chose this shoe because it was so similar to the shoe we shaded in the shading class. This shoe is owned by a co-worker who wore this shoe during the late 60's in London... it has a lot of character. (I still struggle with shoelaces!)
Do you find time to practice your new skills outside of the classroom?
I have had the last 5 weeks off because unit 5 won't be offered til the end of August. I am amazed at how much I didn't do! The classroom certainly motivates me! The only thing that I've finished during this time is a shoe. I chose this shoe because it was so similar to the shoe we shaded in the shading class. This shoe is owned by a co-worker who wore this shoe during the late 60's in London... it has a lot of character. (I still struggle with shoelaces!)
Great work Tannis, I particularly like the confident erasing technique you have used here and the variety of textures you have creatively come up with to render this shoe is very good. With the shoe laces, they need to actually be very carefully 'worked out'. Yes, we need to really annalyse the tiny pattern jsut like you were shown on the shoe exercise in unit three. Shoe laces are quite intricate but if you study the pattern it begins to make sense. Great work, so glad to see that you are still faithfully showing up at the table and putting your newly-aquired skills to good use.
Cheers
Cindy
Thanks everyone... drawing the outline of the shoe was actually easy, but it took me awhile to get into the shading, as you mentioned Cindy, the shoe has a lot of character to render, and I felt like I needed to think my way through it....but you know, once I started in earnest, and got into it, no thinking and analyzing was necessary. I need to remember that! To just start and not worry about the end result before I even start! Just start and trust that I can do it! What ever the end result is, it is the best i can do for now...
Here is a piece that was inspired by standing on the floor of Maligne Canyon and looking up. The rock formations intrigued me. I used acrylics, on 4- 5x5 gallery wrapped canvases.
I piped the lines using gel gloss, used a brown wash to stain the canvas then I used some iridescent paints and drybrushed them in layers for a translucent effect.
I piped the lines using gel gloss, used a brown wash to stain the canvas then I used some iridescent paints and drybrushed them in layers for a translucent effect.
QUOTE (tannis @ Nov 5 2009, 03:30 PM)
Here is a piece that was inspired by standing on the floor of Maligne Canyon and looking up. The rock formations intrigued me. I used acrylics, on 4- 5x5 gallery wrapped canvases.
I piped the lines using gel gloss, used a brown wash to stain the canvas then I used some iridescent paints and drybrushed them in layers for a translucent effect.
I piped the lines using gel gloss, used a brown wash to stain the canvas then I used some iridescent paints and drybrushed them in layers for a translucent effect.
Hi Tannis
I love your shoe and your rock formations. It's wonderful that you're able to apply all the skills you have learnt in class to such great effect in your own projects. I really look forward to that day! Still working on my shoe - have now submitted the first stage, so I'm definitely making progress.When you say you piped the lines - do you mean that you squeezed the gel out of a tube? You've achieved a great effect and it's obvious how much fun you're having with your art. You're a real inspiration, Tannis - I'm so glad you're here.
Really glad you're here too Steve - great music site and love your quote about the wife and dog - it cracked me up, lol!
Hi Metta,
I used a gloss gel thinned a bit with water, then I used a cake decorating bag to pipe the lines. The gel holds the shape and dries clear. So when you start adding layers of color....especially irridescent colors then the surface tends to reflect the light.
It is fun to play, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't!
Thanks, and I am sure that your shoe is coming along nicely! I am glad that you are here too, Drawspace is rich with supportive people!
I used a gloss gel thinned a bit with water, then I used a cake decorating bag to pipe the lines. The gel holds the shape and dries clear. So when you start adding layers of color....especially irridescent colors then the surface tends to reflect the light.
It is fun to play, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't!
Thanks, and I am sure that your shoe is coming along nicely! I am glad that you are here too, Drawspace is rich with supportive people!
I love your painting, Tannis! It looks like mica to me...very cool!
Cool!
QUOTE (tannis @ Aug 4 2009, 04:07 PM)
What are you working on now?
Do you find time to practice your new skills outside of the classroom?
I have had the last 5 weeks off because unit 5 won't be offered til the end of August. I am amazed at how much I didn't do! The classroom certainly motivates me! The only thing that I've finished during this time is a shoe. I chose this shoe because it was so similar to the shoe we shaded in the shading class. This shoe is owned by a co-worker who wore this shoe during the late 60's in London... it has a lot of character. (I still struggle with shoelaces!)
Do you find time to practice your new skills outside of the classroom?
I have had the last 5 weeks off because unit 5 won't be offered til the end of August. I am amazed at how much I didn't do! The classroom certainly motivates me! The only thing that I've finished during this time is a shoe. I chose this shoe because it was so similar to the shoe we shaded in the shading class. This shoe is owned by a co-worker who wore this shoe during the late 60's in London... it has a lot of character. (I still struggle with shoelaces!)
Hello,
Ok, I'm late with my comment, but that's really what I was wondering about (being able apply the technique to everything else other than the exercises) and it seems that you did it greatly!
I can't wait to reach the shading course (I'm still waiting to begin the first unit lol)
Ciao
I've been trying to practice my drawing skill by keeping a sketchbook. I don't draw in it every single day, but I'm trying to develop that habit because I'm finding that it really does help to practice. Go figure!
Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
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Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
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It's beautiful, Donna! I love the colours - your daily practice is certainly paying off. Thanks for being an inspiration. 
QUOTE (Donna D. @ Feb 26 2010, 12:05 AM)
I've been trying to practice my drawing skill by keeping a sketchbook. I don't draw in it every single day, but I'm trying to develop that habit because I'm finding that it really does help to practice. Go figure!
Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
Click to view attachment
Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
Click to view attachment
QUOTE (Donna D. @ Feb 25 2010, 06:05 AM)
I've been trying to practice my drawing skill by keeping a sketchbook. I don't draw in it every single day, but I'm trying to develop that habit because I'm finding that it really does help to practice. Go figure!
Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
Click to view attachmentreally nice Donna, practice pays off.....I love to see how everyone is progressing, don't you find it amazing?
Anyway, this is the drawing I finished yesterday. I sketched it from a reference photo using the construction method. It's not an exact copy of the flower in the photo, but it's pretty close. I did the coloring with Faber-Castell Polychromos.
Click to view attachmentreally nice Donna, practice pays off.....I love to see how everyone is progressing, don't you find it amazing?
Metta - Thanks! I think we inspire each other...so what have you been up to?
Tannis - Thanks, and yes, truly amazing!
Tannis - Thanks, and yes, truly amazing!
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