Karen Knutson paints in mixed media, trying to make her paintings fun and easy. A wide range of subjects, including landscapes, figures, collage, abstracts, florals, and birds. Many lessons are included on this blog to encourage her art students. Teaching across the country makes her life a great journey.
Showing posts with label design elements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design elements. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Drawing Challenge, Day 16
Today's challenge was to pick something with a circular shape. Kathie George did a fantastic drawing of a motorcycle! I picked one of my favorite pottery pitchers, and tried Kathie's suggestion of placing dots where the circles will be. I'm struggling with not being able to pencil in the shapes first, but each day gets a little easier than the last. We are supposed to use a permanent marker from start to finish. I added the circular shape in the upper right for a repeat of the circle shapes. I think that was a good decision.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Drawing Challenge, Day 15
After yesterday's lop sided wine glasses, I made it my goal to draw another vase type container, and decided to draw my cooking utensils. You might think, "Oh, she's a great cook?" Not so. But I recently have been pushing myself a little to try to be a better cook. I'm trying to make healthy meals, and use all fresh ingredients. Kind of fun! Back to the drawing. I was so impressed with Kathie George's drawing of her cat, that I decided to do something a little more challenging today. This drawing took me about 40 minutes to do, and I wanted to shade parts of it in, so that you could see through the ladles, which was what attracted me to the subject in the first place. I love dividing the background into different shapes, like the challenge was today. Design has always been a fun thing for me.
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