Still Life

Intermediate Art Project 3

As part of my personal growth in 2022, I am taking an intermediate drawing class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The class is taught by Jeff Nesbit. Our third project was charcoal skulls.

Intermediate Art Project 2

As part of my personal growth in 2022, I am taking an intermediate drawing class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The class is taught by Jeff Nesbit. Our second project was to draw a still life in charcoal.

Drawing with Mr. Nisbet

I am learning to use charcoal. Mr. Nisbet is teaching me.

Animal Skulls

Roz Stendahl’s week animal homework in the online Beginning class — offered by the Sketchbook School — an assignment was to draw at a natural history museum. Instead I dug up some bones at the school where I work. I found this skull bone in the “junk to draw” bin in the 8th grade artContinue reading “Animal Skulls”

One Drawing a Day

I commit to produce at least one drawing per day EVERY day for a year —365 days in a row — varying my materials, my location, and my thinking. My sources for direction and inspiration are the Sketchbook School One Drawing A Day online class ( https://sketchbookskool.com/kourses/a-drawing-a-day ) and One Drawing A day, a 6Continue reading “One Drawing a Day”

Playing With Graphite

Draw Your Kitchen

The last assignment in the sketchbook school’s course, Beginning, taught by artist Tommy Kane, is to take 3 hours to draw — in ink — and paint you kitchen. My lines are wonky. My colors are a bit off. I will revisit this assignment when I am better at perspective.

Zentangle

Zentangle are miniature abstract works of art, a collection of patterns not meant to represent anything. There are no mistakes in zentangle, no need for erasers. Anything is possible, one stroke at a time. Zentangle are usually done in pen. I used this set to practice tones in graphite.

Toast

Have you ever really looked at a piece of toast?

Before bed still life.