Fiber Artist
Last week was the sixth and final week of my on-line class with Jane LaFazio on Journal Style Sketching and Watercolor. We turned our attention to objects made by machine. The issue here is symmetry. Jane suggested choosing something that you really like and TAKE YOUR TIME with it. Good advise because getting these drawings […]
Last week I fell very short of my goals for sketching flowers. The trip to San Diego was worth it, but I will have some making up to do! I managed only two sketches — I look forward to doing many more flowers this summer. I simply adore sunflowers. And my hellebore in the back […]
Two more sketches for Lesson 3 — Pen with continuous line contour drawing. My chicken looks a bit snarly. I think he is made in Mexico; he is hand-made and painted with bright colors. And here’s my olive oil bottle On to Lesson 4: Flowers! I have my eye on a sunflower next.
This lesson focuses on drawing with the pen only (no pencil sketch!) straight on the paper with no lifting of the pen. Yikes! This was scary for me. But Jane explained that this can be a very freeing kind of drawing, allowing for quick work that produces a more loose, wonky image that tends to […]
Let’s face it — there are more possibilities for mixing the color green than I can assign a number to. Understanding that means it’s no mystery why Jane devotes an entire lesson to just doing that. For this weeks’ sketching exercise I selected three different green leaves from the yard. After sketching each leaf, I […]
The Buddha Hand may have been a bit ambitious of me. Who am I kidding? It was very ambitious of me. I’ll have other chances to come back to this fruit. For now, Jane is moving us on to lettuce. This has been a fast week!
Well, I won’t be taking commissions any time soon, but I’m tickled with what I’ve been able to do with my first two attempts at sketching and watercolor. This week we are working on FRUIT in Jane LaFazio‘s class. Here’s what I did on Wednesday after I completely read the directions and got myself all […]
Last month I posted a question to the members of Postmark’d Art about which pens they liked the most for writing on fabric. The conversation became quite lively as members shared their experiences with a number of pens. Sarah Ann Smith said she was quite happy with a set of pens purchased for an on-line […]
