Ok, so two weeks ago I broke my self-imposed rule and I am glad I did! At the spur of the moment, or rather when I was bored out of my mind during one of those endless internal IBM meetings, I pulled out my cell phone and idly googled an Art school in VA.
The thought of looking for an Art School had been lingering on my mind since after I spoke to Sonya - a very good friend of mine who also started drawing not so long ago. She told me how much she was enjoying art classes she was taking in her native city of Novgorod and it got me thinking...
It was my luck that there was an Art School only 10 min away from my house offering Basic Drawing for beginners starting that very same Friday. Without any hesitation I signed up for 5 art classes offered on Friday nights. Below are a few drawings I made during the two classes I had so far. I learned to use chalk and conte crayons in my drawings to achieve some very cool effects with shades. It would take me light years to figure this out on my own. Seriously!
For the first drawing below, our instructor asked us to pull our keys out of our purses and draw them on a sheet of newspaper. We had only 15 minutes before we had to put our pencils down and walk around the room studying each others' work.
My House Key, Oct 21, 2011
A Jar, Oct 21, 2011
A White Cup, Oct 28, 2011
Napa Lamb, Halloween Night, Oct 31, 2011
I like the Lamb!!!
ReplyDeleteIn my drawing class we get 15 minutes to draw a person. Now THIS is scary I must tell you! :-)
Thank you!! It's one of Joe's favorites too. In fact, he asked me to make a frontal view of it.. It is in my queue :-)
ReplyDeleteAs for 15 min to draw a person: it IS scary, I agree!!! I definitely don't like to time my work, it stresses me too much..