Three days of intense graphite drawing. Exercises for hand-eye co-ordination, observation, continuous tonal shading and underpainting for graphite. Exhaustive and exhausting but hopefully, very rewarding.This is a step-by-step demo of an almond using the underpainting techniques that I did this afternoon slightly hampered by a streaming cold.Stage 1 Outline in graphite and then a thin layer of colour using a touch of Faber Castell Sanguine, Burnt Ochre,...
Workshops
Great Graphite Workshop
End of the Week Show
These are just some of the excellent results of a lovely, sunny week at the Finca spent eating, drinking with a bit of graphite drawing and underpainting....
Spanish Sunshine
Here at the lovely Finca el Cerillo enjoying some very unseasonably excellent weather. Wall to wall sunshine, a visit to the Glass Museum and lots of graphite drawing....
Back to my roots
This week in Spain I have had the luxury of concentrating on my own work and I decided I needed to get back to some basic graphite pencil drawing. Always my first love but now I can experiment with new materials and techniques to achieve different effects and textures on these lovely old almonds.Managed to enjoy some time in the sun and...
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