Day 27: In a fruitful frame of mind
With this week's drawing session fresh in my mind, and our focus on tone, I felt like continuing in a similar vein tonight. This meant looking »
Day 26: A rose by any other name
This lunchtime, with the sun threatening to break through the clouds, I wandered somewhat aimlessly around the streets near my office. In my mind's eye I »
Day 25: Trying out a local art course
One of the things which I've realised over the last three weeks is that while drawing can bring a lot of satisfaction it's also a rather »
Day 24: Looking for a plug
As I've been working from contour drawings to a slightly more relaxed form of sketching Claire Watson Garcia has encouraged me (and many others I guess) »
Day 23: Wrapping your hand
Another exercise related to drawing irregular objects is that of pretending that something is wrapped up in paper, such as your hand, and drawing the bumpy »
Day 22: Drawing irregular objects
Continuing with Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner I've now moved onto drawing asymmetrical objects. The reason for this is that most subjects can't be »
Day 21: Drawing in the fresh air
I've decided that one of the things which I should do during this year of drawing is to mix things up a bit. So rather than »
Day 20: Drawing with x-ray vision
One of the practices suggested in Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner is to take a group of symmetrical objects and to draw them as »
Day 19: Water lilies at the Barbican
This lunchtime I returned to the Barbican intending to seek out a quiet spot next to the ponds. Originally I intended to draw a close-up of »
Day 18: Bastions in the Barbican
With a nice sunny lunchtime in prospect I wandered down to the Barber Surgeons Garden next to the Barbican Estate. It's a rather delightful, secluded spot »