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| Drawing a simple plastic fork. |
Or tried to.
If you think this is easy try it.
Place the fork next to you on your drawing pad and draw it as accurately as possible. This includes all the shades of "white" on this white fork.
Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Monday, August 4, 2014
Drawing Simple Objects
This week in drawing class we concentrated on simple contour or outline drawings.
Everyone in class drew a white plastic fork.
Or tried to.
If you think this is easy try it.
Place the fork next to you on your drawing pad and draw it as accurately as possible. This includes all the shades of "white" on this white fork.
Or tried to.
If you think this is easy try it.
Place the fork next to you on your drawing pad and draw it as accurately as possible. This includes all the shades of "white" on this white fork.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Drawing Fine Art in Miniature
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| "Music in the Air" Colored Pencil Kath Pollack |
While paintings are in the majority, entries in the 13th Annual National Miniature Exhibition also include many fine art mediums in addition to paintings. We have sculptures and wood burning. Encaustic and scratchboard. Paper cutting and collage as well as different textile art.
Being a card-carrying member of the Colored Pencil Society
of America, (http://www.cpsa.org/) and
the drawing teacher at the Renaissance Art Gallery, I am naturally drawn to
those works done with some sort of pencil or pen, or in the case of
scratchboard, stylist.
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| "Peek-a-Moo" Colored Pencil Nancy Garcia |
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| "Red Pears" Colored Pencil Susan Tschantz |
We have a wealth of these works this year.
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| "Firework Flower" Colored Pencil Susan Tschantz |
Many of which
more than one person thought were oil paintings. Some like Kath Pollack of
Dunedin, FL have such a gentle touch that many believed her drawings were
watercolors.
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| "Pennsylvania Covered Bridge" scratchboard Dolores Andrew |
Yvonne James of Palm Harbor, FL won a complimentary award
with her amazing drawing of hat of all things! Finely drawn and detailed.
Although he won a Merit Award for “Mr. Hercule”, a painting done in acrylic,
his “Study of Gorilla” done in graphite to me is much more intriguing. The
gorilla’s eyes seem to look right at you.
So here are just some of the drawings submitted to the Renaissance Art Gallery's 13th Annual National Miniature Exhibition.
When it come to drawing you cannot forget the whimsical and
colorful felt pen drawing of Don Watts. Don has been drawing in Huntington, WV
for quite some time and always has a different take on things.
One truly outstanding colored pencil painting is Lenore Long
Lancaster, of Ridgeley, WV. Her Mountain Path seems to come right off the
paper.
It is always fascinating to see just what people come up with in miniature art, and the variety of media is part of the fascination.
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| "Flowing Colors" Felt-tip pens Don Watts |
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| "Mountain Path" colored Pencil Lenore Long Lancaster |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Cartoons And Drawings And A Bit Of Stone This Week At The Renaissance Art Gallery
For the Weekend of March 9-11, 2012
On Friday March 9, Gary Lapelle will be hosting The Renaissance Art Gallery. Gary is known throughout the tri-state area for his pet portraits. Now would be a good time to come in and talk about immortalizing your very special friend. Gary also has many, many whimsical animal prints available.
Saturday drawing artist, Susan Tschantz will again be demonstrating Pen and ink. This week she will be working on more drawings from West Virginia wetlands including Greenbottom Wild life preserve with both India ink and colored inks. She will also have her Sumi ink and brushes. And the coffee pot will be on. Come in and enjoy a cup with Susan.
Linda Harbison: “I'll bring a stone miniature to work on Sunday.” Says sculpture Linda Harbison. She is working on a miniature cat sculpture and will continue its refinements on Sunday, March 11.
The Renaissance Art Gallery
900 8th Street, Suite #20
Huntington, WV 25701
Gallery (304) 525-3235
Appointments: (304) 453-3187
gallerywv@yahoo.com
www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance
http://twitter.com/wvgallery
http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/
On Friday March 9, Gary Lapelle will be hosting The Renaissance Art Gallery. Gary is known throughout the tri-state area for his pet portraits. Now would be a good time to come in and talk about immortalizing your very special friend. Gary also has many, many whimsical animal prints available.
Saturday drawing artist, Susan Tschantz will again be demonstrating Pen and ink. This week she will be working on more drawings from West Virginia wetlands including Greenbottom Wild life preserve with both India ink and colored inks. She will also have her Sumi ink and brushes. And the coffee pot will be on. Come in and enjoy a cup with Susan.
Linda Harbison: “I'll bring a stone miniature to work on Sunday.” Says sculpture Linda Harbison. She is working on a miniature cat sculpture and will continue its refinements on Sunday, March 11.
The Renaissance Art Gallery
900 8th Street, Suite #20
Huntington, WV 25701
Gallery (304) 525-3235
Appointments: (304) 453-3187
gallerywv@yahoo.com
www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance
http://twitter.com/wvgallery
http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/
Gallery hours are:
Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm
Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon
Monday, September 27, 2010
Life Drawing Class - Fall 2010
Artist S. Tschantz
First Saturday1st of 6 drawing days.
Figure drawing started last Saturday after the summer hiatus. It took a little effort to get things organized, but we made it.
It was good to get back to basic—real live drawing. First pose lasted a bit more than the scheduled 20 minutes. Time-boy forgot to set the timer at first! Since Time-boy is also lighting-man, this is understandable and forgivable. Lighting-man had to rush back to is own easel to start his drawings.
Thankfully the oppressive hot weather seemed to break by Saturday, so the gallery was comfortable. We still needed the little fan for Lynn, our model, but we were able to turn off our loud, stand alone air conditioner. One of the drawbacks of being in an old historic building is old pre-central air wiring!
Support and media
Interesting was the different approaches by the artists. Most use large sketchpads, spiral bound to keep the pages together, but not all. There were several newsprint pads as well as one artist who brought a box of full size drawing paper sheets. These sheets or pad were put on easels, but one artist brings a more manageable size pad, which gives her the freedom to walk around the room for just the right point of view. Since she works off a pad she can comfortably hold, she is not tied to one spot.
With this variety of formats is a variety of media. While everyone has an array of pencils, other media is also employed. There were charcoal pencils, vine charcoal sticks, pens, pencils, colored pencils and water media. One artist routinely “sketches” with watercolor washes.
Artist L. Helgasson
There are 5 more Saturdays in this fall session of figure drawing, and there are still 2 spots available to local artists. This session runs through Saturday October 30, 2010, ending the Saturday before the Miniature show.
Location:
The Renaissance Art Gallery is convenient for West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southern Ohio, and all adult artists are welcome to one or more drawing sessions.
Class meets Saturday afternoon, 1-4 pm in the Exhibition Hall of The Renaissance Art Gallery.
The Renaissance Art Gallery
900 8th Street, Suite #20
Huntington, WV 25701
Gallery (304) 525-3235
Appointments: (304) 453-3187
gallerywv@yahoo.com
www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance
http://twitter.com/wvgallery
http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/
Gallery hours are:
Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm
Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Unfinished Nude
She's Mocking Me!
(Gary Taylor, Studio Drawing)
That nude young woman in the charcoal sketch on the easel is mocking me.
She thinks she's complete.
She thinks it's so easy to stop with those few strokes and lines and sweeps of charcoal.
I sketched her from life in one of my last sessions of figure drawing, taught by fellow gallery member Bruce Bowersock.
Her name is Melanie.
I think Melanie needs to be fleshed out -- well, not that way.
I mean, her flesh is pretty nearly perfect, as is, for a young woman.
Melanie's an active character. She's young enough to be my daughter.
She's demurely turned away from the viewer except for that knowing glance over her shoulder.
I'm looking for that. I want the viewer of my final artwork to understand that look. I want the viewer to see this whole, complete young woman.
She's not a naked girl. She's not a head-and-shoulders portrait.
She's a whole nude Melanie, kneeling, at ease, her face turned to look at something that interests her. She's not unaware of being looked at; she's simply at ease with it.
(She's America. She's life. She's seen from behind. She doesn't hide her face, exactly. She's naked, but no one knows her entirely.)
I've been drawing different versions of the original sketch for months now. I start by drawing her from memory, without consulting the original sketch.
Each time, I simplify or elaborate something about the original sketch. I work on the shadowed background. I work on the composition.
Then I compare my latest attempt from memory with the original sketch.
I've begun to think that I should paint her in ink wash or washes of acrylic paint.
I talk to her in her sketch on my easel. I ask her what she thinks.
She keeps giving me that Mona Lisa smile. That is, I think that's how La Gioconda would look, kneeling nude with her back to us, her head turned to her left, to the side of her heart, arms folded across her unseen breasts.
For now, I'll keep working.
She thinks she's complete.
She thinks it's so easy to stop with those few strokes and lines and sweeps of charcoal.
I sketched her from life in one of my last sessions of figure drawing, taught by fellow gallery member Bruce Bowersock.
Her name is Melanie.
I think Melanie needs to be fleshed out -- well, not that way.
I mean, her flesh is pretty nearly perfect, as is, for a young woman.
Melanie's an active character. She's young enough to be my daughter.
She's demurely turned away from the viewer except for that knowing glance over her shoulder.
I'm looking for that. I want the viewer of my final artwork to understand that look. I want the viewer to see this whole, complete young woman.
She's not a naked girl. She's not a head-and-shoulders portrait.
She's a whole nude Melanie, kneeling, at ease, her face turned to look at something that interests her. She's not unaware of being looked at; she's simply at ease with it.
(She's America. She's life. She's seen from behind. She doesn't hide her face, exactly. She's naked, but no one knows her entirely.)
I've been drawing different versions of the original sketch for months now. I start by drawing her from memory, without consulting the original sketch.
Each time, I simplify or elaborate something about the original sketch. I work on the shadowed background. I work on the composition.
Then I compare my latest attempt from memory with the original sketch.
I've begun to think that I should paint her in ink wash or washes of acrylic paint.
I talk to her in her sketch on my easel. I ask her what she thinks.
She keeps giving me that Mona Lisa smile. That is, I think that's how La Gioconda would look, kneeling nude with her back to us, her head turned to her left, to the side of her heart, arms folded across her unseen breasts.
For now, I'll keep working.
~Gary Taylor, Artist
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Artistic Growth
Artists need to keep growing acquiring new skills and mastering new media. To simply stretch the artistic muscles. Otherwise the work can grow stale. How to do this? One way is to get up and working, taking classes and attending workshops.
The Renaissance Art Gallery has a growing list of classes and workshops to help expand your artistic horizons. These classes are for both the novice and advanced artist.
The open studio classes gives you a time and place to work and to challenge yourself, and the more structured classes gives you a chance work live and to learn new technical skills.
Open studio hours are:
Sunday 4-6 pm for carving
Monday and Saturday from 10-Noon for painting, all media
Wednesday 1-3 & 6-8 for drawing all media
Our structured Classes are
Tuesday 6:30-8 Introduction to Digital Photography
Saturday 1-4 pm Figure Drawing.
In addition, we will have Digital workshops to be held June 5th, 26th and July 10th. These will hightlight HD photography, Hot Shoe lighting and Still life.
Classes are limited, and pre-registration is necessary.
You can contact the Gallery for more information
The Renaissance Art Gallery
900 8th Street, Suite #20
Huntington, WV 25701
Gallery (304) 525-3235
Appointments: (304) 453-3187
gallerywv@yahoo.com
www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance
http://twitter.com/wvgallery
http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/
Gallery hours are:
Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm
Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon
The Renaissance Art Gallery has a growing list of classes and workshops to help expand your artistic horizons. These classes are for both the novice and advanced artist.
The open studio classes gives you a time and place to work and to challenge yourself, and the more structured classes gives you a chance work live and to learn new technical skills.
Open studio hours are:
Sunday 4-6 pm for carving
Monday and Saturday from 10-Noon for painting, all media
Wednesday 1-3 & 6-8 for drawing all media
Our structured Classes are
Tuesday 6:30-8 Introduction to Digital Photography
Saturday 1-4 pm Figure Drawing.
In addition, we will have Digital workshops to be held June 5th, 26th and July 10th. These will hightlight HD photography, Hot Shoe lighting and Still life.
Classes are limited, and pre-registration is necessary.
You can contact the Gallery for more information
The Renaissance Art Gallery
900 8th Street, Suite #20
Huntington, WV 25701
Gallery (304) 525-3235
Appointments: (304) 453-3187
gallerywv@yahoo.com
www.orgsites.com/wv/renaissance
http://twitter.com/wvgallery
http://renaissancegalleryart.blogspot.com/
Gallery hours are:
Friday & Saturday 12-4 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm
Studio hours Monday 10-Noon, Wednesday 1:00-7:30 pm and Saturday 10-Noon
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Weather and Art Classes
It looks like we finally have a break in the weather. The last few weeks have been killers! But it seems we are getting a break, back to our normal winter weather. Gallery will be open and classes back to normal this week.
The Ron Haeberle show is still up along with new works by other gallery members. Susan Tschantz has several new paintings up and will be hanging one drawing she did for her adult drawing class, "Bridge over the Avon." The drawing is a graphite pencil drawing, 8 x 10 done with a photo reference supplied by Helen South of about.com drawing & sketching site.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Figure Drawing
The weather does not appear to be cooperating with the Renaissance Gallery this week. More snow, so many will not be able to make the Figure drawing class this week, but there is always next week!
With the bad weather, don't rush!
Sue Tschantz will be maning the gallery tomorrow, however, and will have the hot pot on for tea and coffee.
Linda Helgesson has her display of firgure drawings up for view, as well as new works by the rest of the gallery members, including Ron Haeberle.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
No junior classes
With the holidays crowding everyones calendars, there are no Wednesday classes at the gallery this week. Not until Jan. 6th will the Wednesday classes resume.
January 9, 2010 brings back our figure drawing classes. Saturdays will be for drawing the human form. We will have a live model for life drawing and a lot of other artists to keep things lively.
come and join the class. This class is for adults.
January 9, 2010 brings back our figure drawing classes. Saturdays will be for drawing the human form. We will have a live model for life drawing and a lot of other artists to keep things lively.
come and join the class. This class is for adults.
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