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Author Archives: rtsallie
Self Portraits
Continuous line quick self portraits These 2 to 5 minute drawings look nothing like me. I sit in front of the mirror, pick a starting point and —once I start drawing — I don’t lift my pen. I look at my face and draw the outlines of the shapes that I see to train myContinue reading “Self Portraits”
Hands, hands, hands.
I drew the first hand sketch in December 2004. The rest are from 2019. My goal is to draw 100 hand sketches by the end of 2019. I have completed 45 — mostly my left hand in ink.
Draw Your Day
Today I was the substitute teacher for 4 8th grade art classes. Their quote prompt for the day was “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou Their assignment was to create a drawing to represent 2 sides of theirselves. Usually I do the art assignments, too. InsteadContinue reading “Draw Your Day”
Draw Two Sides of You
Today I was the substitute teacher for 4 8th grade art classes at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. Their assignment was to create a drawing to represent 2 sides of theirselves.
Life Drawing Drop-in
8 Objects 8 Ways
I had a free period this morning while substitute teaching so I made my first attempt at Jane LaFazio’s 8 objects / 8 ways page. I only found 6 objects to sketch in my quick look around the classroom. I drew contours with an OHTO Graphic Liner in a Canson XL Mix Media 9 inContinue reading “8 Objects 8 Ways”
Relentless Robin 