Hi everyone!

It’s good to see you all back in class again after our little break and great to see so many new faces this term aswell.  I could see some of you were a little bit nervous at starting this new “arty thing” but don’t worry, your confidence will grow throughout the course and you’ll learn to relax and just enjoy drawing.

The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 3 started as we mean to go on by getting very messy with charcoal and producing these beautiful drawings of Rhinos.  The Beginners Drawing Course Level 1 drew from still life using natural forms and using tone to give the pictures depth.  A brilliant start to the term everyone!

Looking forward to next week.

Wendy

Hi folks

For our final week of the current term the Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 created fantastic, oil pastel parrots.  In the Beginners Birds Drawing Course we used Inktense blocks to make colourful drawings of goldfinches.   For the Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 we had 2 life models to pose for us (thanks to Harry and Abbie) and used watercolour to produce several paintings.  A great finish to the term!

I’ve loved seeing all the amazing artwork you’ve produced this term but it won’t be too long before the next term starts on 17th June and we can get cracking on all sorts of new and wonderful works of art!

For full details of new courses go to the Courses for 2019 page and if you have any questions or would like to book a place then please get in touch either by phone: 07788 871286 or email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or by using the website contact page: Contact.

Cheerio for now and I hope to see you all soon.

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week the Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 produced these gorgeous pen drawings of cats and used watercolour pencils for a hint of colour.  The Beginners Birds Drawing Course also used watercolour pencils to create beautiful pictures of sparrows.  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 used soft pastels to make several sketches, focusing on highlights and shadows before adding colour.  Fantastic work!

One more week to go for this term and then we break until the new courses start on June 17th.  For full details of new courses go to the Courses for 2019 page and if you have any questions or would like to book a place then please get in touch either by phone: 07788 871286 or email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or by using the website contact page: Contact.

See you soon

Wendy

Hi everyone

I’m so excited to show off the patterns you all produced in today’s Gustav Klimt Pattern Workshop – a first for Leeds Art Group.  Wow, what an explosion of colour, pattern and creativity!  It was fantastic seeing how different everyone’s work was and each one of them a wonderful piece of art.  You all really embraced the concept today and I hope you all enjoyed it.  I’m already thinking up ideas for future Pattern Workshops, so watch this space!  A big thank you to everyone who helped me out today with setting up and packing away.  I couldn’t have done it without your help today and I really appreciate it.

No classes for the rest of this week but classes will resume in the week commencing Monday 13th May.

See you next week.

Wendy

Hi folks

After our week off it was good to give those drawing skills a good work out with some timed drawings.  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 had meerkats as their subject and produced a series of lively sketches in pencil and pen.  The Beginners Birds Drawing Course did some similar timed exercises but with blue tits as the subject, using soft pastel.  These quick, spontaneous drawings are good practice if you intend to draw from life.  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 used inktense blocks and experimented with colour mixing to create these dramatic portraits.  Great work everyone.

Don’t forget, the courses have another week off next week and classes will resume in the week commencing Monday 13th May.  In the meantime, I’ll see some of you on the Gustav Klimt Pattern Workshop on Monday 6th May – looking forward to it!

See you all soon.

Wendy

Hi everyone

The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 used soft pastel to draw this lovely, mucky pig this week.  Pastel is a messy business and difficult to control but you all did really well with it.  In the Beginners Birds Drawing Course we used oil pastels to create the gorgeous, vibrant colours of bullfinches.  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 used fineliner pen and a cross hatching technique to show tone in these fantastic portraits.  Brilliant work everyone!

I’m pleased to announce a brand new 1 day pattern workshop based on the work of Gustav Klimt on Monday 6th May 2019 10.00am – 2.30pm.  For full details please go to the Courses for 2019 page or click here.  Places are filling up fast so get in touch if you would like to book a place.   Tel: 07788 871286 or email leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk or use our “Contact” page.

Don’t forget there are no classes next week as we have a break for Easter but we are back in class from Monday 29th April.

Have a great Easter weekend and I’ll see you all soon.

Wendy

Hi folks

This week the Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 produced some fantastic watercolour paintings of giraffes. The Beginners Birds Drawing Course created herons using collage and the Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 had a couple of life models (thanks Shuchita and Harry) to practice what we have covered so far.  Lots of different challenges for the different groups but all produced brilliant work.  Keep it up!

See you next week.

Wendy

Hi everyone

It was elephant week this week for the Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1.  I love this lesson as it always produces such great work.  We had a fabulous parade of charcoal elephants by the end of the lesson. In the Beginners Birds Drawing Course we created colourful drawings of Kingfishers using soft pastels.  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 continued to look at tone and the contours of the face by producing these black and white paintings.  Well done everyone!  I’ve really enjoyed this week’s lessons, hope you have too.

See you all next week.

Wendy

Welcome back!

Our first week back and plenty of challenges faced already.  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 started with this pencil drawing of a dog – focusing on tone and proportion.  The Beginners Birds Drawing Course did some great scaperboard drawings of Starlings.  Sorry, but I forgot to take photos.  You’ll just have to take my word for it that they were fab!  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 2 jumped in at the deep end by starting with self-portraits in charcoal.  It’s always exciting to see what everyone produces in the very first lesson and I can’t wait to see what else you can do.

Looking forward to next week.

Wendy

That’s all folks!

Yes, we have finally come to the end of the course and what a finish!  The Beginners Birds Drawing Course created these beautiful drawings of goldfinches using water soluble ink blocks.  In the Beginners Pastel Drawing Course we had a life drawing lesson and practised the proportions of the figure as well as using a more sketching style of working.  The Beginners Portraiture Course Level 1 also had life models and used all those skills they have been practising in previous week but this time on the real thing!  Great work everyone and big thanks to our models Isidoro, Shuchita and Josh.

You’ve been such lovely classes to teach this term and I hope you have all enjoyed it.  The good news is that you don’t have to wait long until we are back in class again.  New courses start on Monday 25th March and full details can be found on the Courses for 2019 page by clicking here.  If you have any questions about the courses or would like to book a place or if you would like to be added to my mailing list then please get in touch either by email at leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk, telephone 07788 871286 or via the Contact page.

See you soon and well done on all your fab work this term.

Wendy