Art Club

Hi
Went back to my art class again today and had to draw a tiger. I find faces very difficult because I can never seem to balance the eyes. Had two attempts.

With this one I was practising drawing eyes so didn't bother with too much else.  As you can see they are not the same shape. I used coloured pencils and then blended them with a blending pencil. I think this works well. I tried to make the eyes stand out a bit with a burnishing pencil but I don't think the effect is very noticeable.

I also tried a full head.

I'm not convinced I like this one. It's not quite right. I do use a bit of coloured graphite for the shadows and deeper shades. I like the effect. The graphite ones really need fixing though so I have a spray can of Winsor & Newton Artists' Fixative for charcoal, pastels and pencil drawings. This works really well. It doesn't crinkle the paper or produce blobs.

Next week we are going to draw a whole tiger. Today it took me two hours to draw the face!

Art Club

Hi
Changed my computer so have not been on for a while. On Friday I went back to the drawing lessons and had to draw a butterfly on a leaf.

I drew it using a 6B pencil and then used water colour pencils to colour it. I have found it easier to use a brush to remove the colour from the pencil and then colour as if painting. If you want a graduated colour effect then using the pencil directly onto the paper and then spreading it out with the brush works fine but for anything else I prefer to simply use the pencil as a source of paint. The pencils are very easy to carry around and clean to use. A brilliant idea.