Imaginary Creatures

In June I took an e-course called Imaginary Creatures taught by Carla Sonheim. The drawing exercises were really fun, and the painting exercises took me out of my comfort zone in the best possible way. The class was great! Here are a few of my homework assignments.

Expressions e-course sketchbook

In April I started taking an online course called Expressions - Mixed Media Portrait Painting taught by Regina Lord. Here are some pages from "week one" of my sketchbook.




This sketch was made with Stabillo marks-all pencil and water. I used Man Ray's photograph of Lee Miller for reference (seen here).



For this last drawing I photographed my work in stages. 1. Sketch with Stabillo marks-all pencil. 2. Pencil sketch manipulated with water and paint brush. A little bit of white watercolor pencil. 3. Oil pastels worked over the sketch. 4. Further refining with oil pastels.