This week the “Animal 2” Beginners Mixed MediaCourse created these colourful cows using oil pastel and really experimented with colour mixing. In the “Inspired 2” online course we celebrated (a little belatedly) Chinese New Year using watercolour and other media including collage, to make fabulous patterned paintings. The “Pencil & Paper 3” online drawing course had one of the hardest subjects to draw this week – reflective objects. So well done for rising to the challenge. Great work everyone, well done!
Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.
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For week 3 of the “Animal 2” Beginners Mixed MediaCourse it was time to get messy with charcoal. A great medium for creating texture and there was plenty of it on these amazing iguanas! Not wanting to be left out, the “Inspired 2” online course also used charcoal to create some fantastic, delicate drawings based on the photography of Karl Blossfeldt. The “Pencil & Paper 3” online drawing course used everything we’ve practiced so far to produce drawings of bags, focusing on tone, shape and shading. Such beautiful drawings everyone. Hope you’re all enjoying our little break this week. Looking forward to seeing all your pictures again when we’re back in class next week.
Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.
Another great week of artwork. In the “Animal 2” Beginners Mixed MediaCourse we got mean and moody with these dramatic drawings of wolves using scraperboard. The “Inspired 2” online course went right back to the 16th century Ottoman Empire for the inspiration for these Iznik ceramics paintings. The “Pencil & Paper 3” online drawing course veered away from observation drawing this week and produced some fantastic illuminated letters focusing on tone, shading and mark making. You’re all doing fantastically well, great work everyone!
Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.
It is good to be back in class again after our Christmas break with more online and face to face classes for 2023. The “Animal 2” Beginners Mixed MediaCourse kicked off the term with these fab watercolour pencil drawings of fish. The “Inspired 2” online art course did some gorgeous Cézanne inspired oil pastel drawings and the “Pencil & Paper 3” online drawing course started with a classic – natural forms, and produced some beautiful tonal drawings.
Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.
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