Maureen 2/14

Maureen 2/14

I had a lot of fun mixing colors together to choose a pallet for this small study painting. Do you ever pick a pallet and make a painting as a study before going big? 
Maureen 2/7

Maureen 2/7

I was so inspired after seeing the Fairfield Porter book at your house this past fall that I purchased a copy of the book for myself. I love his work. This painting is inspired by one of his still life paintings. I purchased a 36×36 canvas and had so much fun...
Maureen 1/31

Maureen 1/31

1.  Learning different ways to shade. Side of pencil, crosshatch marks, and scribbles. 2. Studying shadow, shapes, and proportions  3. Still life study combining all we have been learning (None of these are considered finished) although I’m not sure if I...
Maureen 1/24

Maureen 1/24

We continued working on negative space and our assignment was to practice this concept by drawing the images shared below. 1. 2.
Maureen 1/16

Maureen 1/16

In class this week we focused on negative space and used a view finder to look at different objects and work on drawing the negative shapes. What I learned as we are studying drawing on the right side of your brain is that I have a very bossy left brain who keeps...
Maureen 1/10

Maureen 1/10

This week I took an online class “Drawing for Beginners” and found it to be quite helpful. We learned how to hold the pencil, (something I was surprised I did not know about) draw lines, circles, and shapes that could be used as the basic forms for any object. ...