Cor! What a lot of lovely crows! A “murder” of crows to be precise. This week we used charcoal to create these expressive drawings. We produced timed drawings, gradually reducing the time per drawing from 20 minutes to 5 minutes. These exercises help you to focus quickly on the key elements of the image. A difficult task but you all did a great job. Well done.

Next week maybe something slightly less messy.😁

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you soon

Wendy x

Time for a blast of colour and this male Mandarin ducks’ feathers gave us the perfect opportunity to use all those bold colours. We used soft pastel for these drawings which is great for really vibrant colours. Beautiful work everyone! Hope you all enjoyed it.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you soon

Wendy x

Welcome back everyone! First week of the course and you’re already producing great drawings. We created these Mallard ducks using coloured pencil, black fineliner and cross hatching technique.
Fab work everyone! Well done.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you soon

Wendy x

This week was the final lesson of the course and we finished with watercolour. A tricky medium to work with but great for mixing flesh colours and layering up different tones. Great work everyone and thank you so much for all the effort you’ve put into this course each week.

The next course will be starting in September, details to follow soon.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

Cheerio for now.

Wendy x

This week we continued looking at light & dark tones and how they describe the contours of the face. Then we added colour using soft pastels. These pastels are great for creating smooth changes in tone and colour because you can blend them easily using fingertips. Well done everyone, great work again!

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you next week for the last lesson of the current term.

Wendy x

This week we used these water soluble Inktense blocks to create our wonderful portraits. We’re now starting to focus more on proportion which is key to making better portraits. This medium allowed us to experiment more with colour mixing too. Great work everyone, well done!

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you all next week.

Wendy x

A pretty tough challenge this week I think. Using fine liner pen and cross hatching technique to create all those different tones in the face. Well done everyone for keeping at it and learning as you go. Brilliant work!

Looking forward to seeing more of your fab work next week!

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you next week.

Wendy x

Hi everyone

Sorry there’s been a bit of a gap since my last post. I can’t believe we’re already in week 3 of the course. Here’s what we’ve been up to so far and you can see more pictures on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

More next week.

Wendy x

Lesson 1 – Self portraits using charcoal.

Lesson 2 – Dark and light using poster paint

Lesson 3 – Life model using water soluble graphite.

For our final lesson of the course we finished off in a blaze of colour! We used Derwent Inktense Blocks to create these vibrantly coloured jellyfish.

Another week of wonderful artwork! Thank you so much to all of you for always putting in so much effort every week. It really pays off!

We’ll be having a bit of a break now with the face to face classes but there will be an online course coming soon and we’ll be back in the classroom again in June. Watch this space for further info!

Thanks for spending the last few weeks with me. I’ve loved it, hope you have too!

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

Cheerio for now.

Wendy x

This week was slightly different in that we produced several paintings from different photos. This wet on wet technique using black drawing ink could potentially leave you waiting for ink to dry. By having several pictures on the go at once there’s always something to do. Lovely lemurs everyone!

Next week a different animal in our final lesson of the course.

Below are some of this week’s pictures and you can see more on our Instagram page at: @leedsartgroup.

See you all next week.

Wendy x