Miniature Art
This week’s crop of daily sketches were a challenge to complete, because I’m on a deadline for another big drawing project (more on this in later posts). So once again, […]
Friends Art
Last year, I attempted a negative painting (painting the negative space around subjects in layers) but abandoned it because it hurt my brain, being so against my usual way of painting. And […]
Inspiration
Doing my daily sketches last week took me in interesting directions – the subjects were so varied. Turns out that I did have to plan a few sketches in advance […]
Miniature Art
A month into my daily drawing and I’m hitting a bit of a wall – the “Wall” being that sometimes the prompt subjects don’t motivate me to draw. And especially […]
Miniature Art
Month #1 of my 365-daily sketching goal achieved! Here are the “publishable” drawings from the last 8 days of January prompts: A quiet moment at home – I was dealing […]
My Art
I’m back to watercolour class for another round of learning. To warm us up, we were given some veggies to pose for a still-life. There was lots of learning in […]
Miniature Art
Still on track for drawing daily! My subjects for last week were: Draw my favourite singer Draw a building you like Draw a selfie Draw a glass of wine Draw […]
My Art
Finally after a number of months trying to work out scheduling, I joined the Toronto Urban Sketchers group this past December, and have really enjoyed the meet ups we’ve had! So […]
Miniature Art
Last week’s daily drawings were a little more involved, because it doesn’t take much for me to go to “Detail Town”. January 12 – Favourite Breakfast Spot: January 14 – Something […]
Friends Art
One of our contributors, Deb Milimaka-Miles just celebrated her birthday and has also just embarked on a new exploration of oil painting (hopefully we’ll see her new work posted here […]
Miniature Art
I’m still managing to keep my commitment to draw every day (in addition to any course assignments), using my list of drawing prompts. I’ve also committed to not doing a […]
Miniature Art
In Liz Steel’s wonderful “Sketching Now” course, we are exploring the approaches of drawing “tightly” and “loosely”. When doing a tighter drawing, slowing down is essential, and doing some foundational […]