Hi everyone

Great to see everyone back in class this week for a new term with a brand new course.  And how nice of the sun to come out for the occasion too!  The Beginners Watercolour Course 2 started with some exercises to practise colour mixing and brush control – essential skills!  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 1 created pencil drawings of a dog and had to really focus on proportion and tone.  A great start everyone, hope you all enjoyed your first lesson.  Next week, something completely different!

See you soon.

Wendy

P.S. Something that might be of interest to you….

Northern School of Contemporary Dance have offered a limited number of free tickets to members of Leeds Art Group for their performances of OTSEFINAM on 24th April and AN OPEN BOOK on 27th April.  If anyone would like free tickets, please email me and I will pass your details onto the dance school.

Hi folks

It was the last week of lessons for this term and we finished in a blaze of colour in the Beginners Drawing from Nature Course with drawings of blackberries using inktense blocks.  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 2 used the same medium to create beautiful drawings of peacocks.  The Beginners Drawing Course 1 faced the ultimate challenge of drawing the human figure but what fantastic progress you all made just in the space of one lesson.  Big thanks to our model Nicoletta.  Brilliant work everyone and thank you for all your help and enthusiasm of the past few weeks.  It’s been a pleasure to teach you and I hope to see you all soon at future Leeds Art Group courses.

If you want to book a place on any of next terms courses, please get in touch as soon as possible and remember, places cannot be reserved without payment.  Full course details can be viewed on the “Courses for 2018” page.  Please contact me if you require any further information or if you would like to book a place.  Contact me on tel: 07788 871286 or email me at: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.

Have a lovely Easter.  See you soon!

Wendy

Hi everyone

This week the Nature course created these fantastic drawings of toadstools using black biro and cross hatching techniques to create different tones.  Coloured pencil was then used to add some colour.  The Drawing course had to do the dreaded self-portrait this week but I think most of you were pleasantly surprised at what a good likeness you achieved, well done.  The Animal course made dramatic ink drawings of a leopard using dip pens and a poster paint pen to add white highlights.

The courses for next term (starting 16th April 2018) are filling up fast.  So if you want to book a place, please get in touch as soon as possible and remember, places cannot be reserved without payment.  Full course details can be viewed on the “Courses for 2018” page.  Please contact me if you require any further information or if you would like to book a place.  Contact me on tel: 07788 871286 or email me at: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.

Look forward to seeing you all next week (which will sadly be the last lesson of the courses).

Wendy

Hi folks

This week the Nature course used watercolour pencils and a layering technique to create these enlarged drawings of conkers.  The Drawing course used a series of timed drawings to help train the eye to make quick decisions about the key elements of a picture.  The Animal course produce these colourful drawings of highland cattle using oil pastels.  Fantastic work everyone and thank you to everyone who made it through the snow to get to class this week.

Don’t forget, the dates for next term (starting 16th April 2018) have now been confirmed and full course details can be viewed on the “Courses for 2018” page.  Please get in touch if you require any further information or if you would like to book a place.  Contact me on tel: 07788 871286 or email me at: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.

See you soon.

Wendy

Hi everyone

Nice to see you all back in class after our break.  The Nature course used a stick and ink technique to create these brilliant enlarged drawings of mussel shells.  The Drawing course worked on their accuracy of line and tone by using a grid to help them create beautiful drawings of Italian statues.  The Animal course had a colourful peacock butterfly to inspire them this week and did a fantastic job using soft pastels.  Great work everyone!

The dates for next term (starting 16th April 2018) have now been confirmed and full course details can be viewed on the “Courses for 2018” page.  Please get in touch if you require any further information or if you would like to book a place.  Contact me on tel: 07788 871286 or email me at: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.

See you next week.

Wendy

Brrr!

Thank you to everyone for braving the cold this week and making it to class despite the heating problems.  What a real bunch of troopers you are!  I hope you have all thawed out by now.  You still managed to turn out some fabulous work even at low temperatures.  The Nature Course  did some enlarged drawings of leaves using oil pastels – a medium that is often overlooked but can create some fantastic effects.  The Drawing Course also looked at scale and using a viewfinder to enlarge small objects to A3 size in charcoal and chalk.  The Animal Course used charcoal to create A3 drawings of Iguanas and tried to use a much more sketchy style than in previous lessons.  Brilliant work as always folks, hope you are enjoying the courses as much as I am.

Remember there are no lessons next week but classes will resume in the week commencing Monday 19th February 2018

Have a good break and I’ll see you all soon.

Wendy

Hi folks

This week, the Beginners Drawing from Nature Course produced some beautiful, soft pastel drawings of hydrangea flowers.  Great use of tone and colour mixing everyone!  The Beginners Drawing Course Level 1 had manmade forms as their subjects this week.  A little bit more challenging than last weeks natural forms but you all rose to the challenge – well done!  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 2 tried out another different technique, this time using scraper board to make dramatic drawings of a wolf.  Great work everyone – keep it up!

See you all next week.

Wendy

Hi everyone

Happy new year and what a great start to the first week of the new term! The Beginners Drawing from Nature Course started with enlarged watercolour paintings of pebbles.  The Beginners Drawing Course Level 1 looked at natural forms and composition.  The Beginners Animal Portraiture Course 2 used watercolour pencils to create vibrant pictures of fish.  A brilliant first lesson everyone and thank you for bringing so much enthusiasm along with you.  Looking forward to seeing what you can produce next week.

See you soon.

Wendy

Hi everyone

Here we are at the end of the course and look at the fantastic work you’ve produced.  The Beginners Portraiture Course finally got to put everything they’ve learned into practice by drawing from our life models and what brilliant results.  The Beginners Drawing from Nature Course finished with very colourful ink block drawings of blackberries.  The Beginners Drawing Course Level 1 also had a life model and looked at the proportions of the human figure.  Big thanks to our life models Kate and Ros.  Great work everyone and thank you for all your help and hard work this term.  You been lovely classes and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed teaching you all.

If you would like to book a place on one of next terms courses then please get in touch either by phone on 07788 871286 or email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.  Full course details can be viewed on our “Courses for 2018” page.

Hope to see you all in 2018.

Bye for now.

Wendy

Hi folks

This week the Portraiture course started to fit all the different features together by drawing children from photographs.  The Nature course used black biro to create tonal drawings of toadstools and added hints of colour using coloured pencils.  The Drawing course had the daunting task of producing self-portraits this week and they did an excellent job.  Great work everyone!

Next week is sadly the last week of the current courses but if you wish to book a place on one of next terms courses then please get in touch either by phone on 07788 871286 or email: leedsartgroup@yahoo.co.uk.  Full course details can be viewed on our “Courses for 2018” page.

See you next week.

Wendy