So what is a “Portrait”? Portraits are a very popular subject for a drawing. By definition it is a drawing, painting, photograph, sculpture, or engraving of a particular person. It is predominately only of the face, head, and shoulders. And it is usually desirable to capture their personality, mood and likeness through the […]
What a wonderful way to spend your birthday, great friends, a bouncy house , and exploring the colorful, mysterious world of Phantom Fairies! And this group of girls did just that. They learned about blending colors and silhouettes. Everyone came together to celebrate Keegan’s 11th birthday and discover their creative side in acrylic […]
Now that we’ve talked about drawing in proportion, I want to take you through several exercises of drawing different animals using the tips and techniques we’ve looked at. Today I’m working with one of my favorite subjects, my tabby cat Eddy, mostly because he won’t leave me alone and is constantly posing for a picture. […]
In my last post I explained there were several ways of composing an image on the paper. We talked about Contour Line drawing last week as one of them, and how it follows the outside edge of the object. Looking at your practice contour drawings you may notice how clearly out of PROPORTION […]
I hope you tried several contour line drawings. Here’s the exercise I mentioned where we will be exploring a new medium, Charcoal pencils. Charcoal, whether in a pencil, square, or vine stick, is a very soft, dark, messy drawing medium. But those are also its appealing qualities. Position your hand in […]
Hands make a great subject for drawing. There is so much more possible than the Turkey handprint you did in Kindergarten. First, you always have your hands with you. But more important, they are so expressive, and can make their meaning known with just a gesture. They are beautifully different as we age, […]
Designing a Mandala, or Kaleidoscope, is a perfect culmination exercise to practice all your skills with lines, shapes, and patterns. You’ll need a paper, pencil, compass, and ruler for this. 1. Start by finding the center point on your paper. Using the compass, draw a circle in pencil to nearly fill the page. […]
“My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotions” Henri Matisse What shall our philosophy of Drawing be? Just as every other field of study has one, drawing is the necessary “base and core” for all Art. Through its clarity and simplicity the viewer can experience the artist’s ideas […]
I’ve been making slow but steady progress on my tapestry weaving. There are some big differences between the 4 harness floor loom weaving and a tapestry. Rather than the continual horizontal “back and forth” of the 4 harness loom that progresses very quickly, I am able to weave in chunks on my tapestry, however it […]
Lavenders Blue Art hosted our 1st “Creativity with Intention” Retreat in the cool mountains of Prescott Arizona this past weekend. After you have been everything to everyone else, what are you going to do for own self care? How will you “sharpen the saw”? How will you re-energize? All you need is inspiration, intuition, and […]