I’ve been oil painting since March 8, 2006, which doesn’t seem like enough experience to be teaching. However, several of my drawing students have asked me to conduct an oil painting workshop. I began doing this a few years ago, but only for my advanced students. The participants need to understand proportion, perspective, values and my manner […]
Margie’s Sunflower
My drawing students do excellent work. I encourage each one to choose something she loves. because she will be looking at it for a lonnnnng time. (or he – currently I have 2 guy students). They each have subjects that interest them, and it is so fun to help them figure out how to best portray […]
More Secret Oil Painting Workshop
Here are more photos and commentary from the secret oil painting workshop that I gave for my advanced drawing students. There are perquisites to taking drawing lessons – I lend photos, do scanning and photoshop prep for turning drawings into cards, and give secret oil painting workshops, among other benefits. We decided that the fruit […]
Secret Oil Painting Workshop
That’s right – SECRET oil painting workshop! I’ve only been an oil painter since March 8, 2006, learning by guess and by golly on my own, experimenting and bumbling along, taking and quitting a couple of classes, reading up, asking questions of other painters, watching some videos. What I know, which is precious little, I […]
I Love To Teach People How to Draw
One afternoon per week, I am in Exeter at the Courthouse Gallery of the Arts. Each hour on the half hour, four people come in for their weekly drawing lesson. Each person works at her own pace on her own picture. Or his. We have a great time, and people really learn to draw! The […]
Another Secret Oil Painting Workshop
There are benefits to taking drawing lessons from me. One of them is that I offer an occasional oil painting workshop to my drawing students. (There are a lot of links in this post. So many things reminded me of past posts. If you click on any of them, they will open in a new […]
You Can Do THIS With Colored Pencils?
If my drawing students learn to draw with graphite pencils – i.e. see proportions, understand values (the darks and lights), understand hard and soft edges, and make the tools do what they intend for them to do, then my drawing students who want to can use colored pencils. Colored pencils (mis)behave differently than graphite pencils. […]
Beautiful Pencil Drawing
Every Tuesday I teach people how to draw at the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter. Been doing it for 20 years or so. You can learn about it here. Drawing Lessons My drawing students are wonderful. They work hard, and they learn and they do beautiful drawings. This beautiful woman drew her beautiful granddaughter. It is […]
Wonderful Drawing Students in My Life
For twenty years I’ve taught people how to draw. This happens on Tuesday afternoons at the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter. During the Studio Tour on the weekend, a former drawing student named Kelly came by. She still draws and paints and has a job as a receptionist for a chiropractic office. She sells some of […]
Building Bridges In Drawing Lessons
For the past 20 years I’ve been teaching people how to draw. One hour per week, 4 people at a time, each working on her own project (and sometimes his), $55/month – drawing lessons! Here is the link if you want to learn more: Drawing Lessons. Everyone learns in a different way and at a […]