Art is probably the ONLY subject (hobby, profession) where the average person has the attitude "you have to be born being able to draw" to do it. Think about it-even in music the average musician learns a step by step procedure to reach a certain level of proficiency-same in ant profession from jewelry making to becoming a doctor.
This past weekend we had a group come to our studio for a "TREES" workshop and they had a blast! None were "accomplished" artists but they wanted to know "how to I draw a tree." What do I do first?
Steve demoed first with charcoal.
The key to learning to draw is learning to see and Feb 1 turned out to be a beautiful sunny day-not too hot (haha it IS February!) and not too cold.
Why a sunny day in winter? No leaves! Yep-just form, structure limbs and wonderful shadows.
Trees are very forgiving :-) A limb too high or too low, too fat, too skinny doesn't matter. It's not like a face or an object where the end result is usually to have it look like that object (or person) A tree is recognizable and not intimidating, so learning to SEE what you need to see to draw a tree can be employed with any other thing you would like to draw!
I'll have some recent paintings I have completed up soon but below are some of the results of the TREES class. Enjoy!
And if you have a group interested in us holding one of our workshops either at our location, or yours, let us know!
This past weekend we had a group come to our studio for a "TREES" workshop and they had a blast! None were "accomplished" artists but they wanted to know "how to I draw a tree." What do I do first?
Steve demoed first with charcoal.
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| Oil Sketch and charcoal sketch by Stephen Filarsky |
Why a sunny day in winter? No leaves! Yep-just form, structure limbs and wonderful shadows.
Trees are very forgiving :-) A limb too high or too low, too fat, too skinny doesn't matter. It's not like a face or an object where the end result is usually to have it look like that object (or person) A tree is recognizable and not intimidating, so learning to SEE what you need to see to draw a tree can be employed with any other thing you would like to draw!
I'll have some recent paintings I have completed up soon but below are some of the results of the TREES class. Enjoy!
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