I guess you could draw with chalk or a paintbrush or your finger on a fogged up window, but drawing with pencils is what I do.
Student work
It’s also what I teach. A returning drawing student had one month free for lessons before embarking on a new chapter of life. We dove right in, and she stayed for several hours each time rather than the normal one hour weekly lesson. The final one took place in my studio, which is where we started about 12 years ago when she was a wee fourth grader. I made an exception to my usual 6th grade minimum age requirement because she was an exceptional child and private lessons meant much more help and attention.
Here’s a drawing she did in about 5th grade.
Here is the drawing she just completed.
She has become an exceptional adult. To quote another one of my drawing students who has known her through the years, “She’s all that AND a bag of chips!”
Central Calif. Artist Work
This is a commissioned pencil drawing I finished in July. I haven’t posted it because I didn’t know if the intended recipient reads my blog. (If you recognize yourself, please pretend to be surprised when you receive the drawing!)
Cats in the house
HEY! WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WEASEL YOUR WAY INTO OUR HOUSE??
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Wow! You have taught her well. What a joy it must be to have helped shape someone’s art skills like that.
Michelle, most of the success is due to her diligence. And she has been such a blessing in my life.
The priceless reward of teaching is a motivated, progressing, successful student. You’ve sure been rewarded with that girl! Keep teaching! What joy you must have brought her.
Thank you, Laurie! She has been a real blessing in my life—from student to friend.
Your student is amazing! I could only manage stick figures in 5th grade (but I could play a mean folk guitar)!
Cats belong in houses, where they can cuddle and be cuddled, dontcha know!
Sharon, she is so diligent and focused!
Cats in the house were fun, but I do not miss the scratched and shredded furniture, messes, and disrupted sleep. But now that the weather is changing, Pippin and Tucker sometimes ask to come inside during the day. Jackson would rather die than come in the house, which suits me just fine.