Magnolia branch drawings

Above is Jerry's graphite drawing of a magnolia branch. We laid down a ground of graphite then lightly drew in the branch. From there we used our stumps, pencils and rubbing eraser to add and take away until we got the result we wanted. Below is my rendition of the branch.

Life Lessons Learned #3

Do not eat beets for dinner and then think your bleeding to death the following morning.

class portraits

When we went into class on Tuesday night the teacher had everyones portraits up on the wall. Talk about feeling naked in front of the class. But it was so wonderful to see everyone's up there. Then he did a critique of everyone's and the class critiqued also. Once again....naked. But I did agree with the suggestions that were given.....my right eye needs to be a bit bigger and I need to fill in more around my jaw line. Jerry's left eye was too dark but other than that he was perfect.....snort. We are really enjoying the class and as you can tell from the other self portraits, we are the "older' students in the room. At first Jerry and I felt a little uncomfortable about this but as time went on we settled in and they have all been very nice and accepting of us. Some of them have amazing talent and they take the time to do their work while some others are just in there to get the credits, and it shows in their work. Jerry and I are there to learn and we appreciate the fact that the teacher is patient (he is so patient, I would have thrown some of them out after the second class) and takes the time to come around to each student and help him/her with their work. this has helped Jerry and I see things differently. His name is Kris Doe and if you ever get a chance to take one of his classes, do it. I have picked up a couple of drawing books with projects in them that we are going to work on over the summer when we don't have class just to keep working on it.

Oh My! carving

Just finished this carving! Now to make some cards with it.

jerry's self portrait

Jerry's self portrait done in the same manner as mine.

drawing class - self portrait

Jerry and I have been taking a drawing class at the local college. We had t do a self portrait, sectioning the face off into 2 inch sections and doing a different technique in each square. We could either stipple, hatch, cross hatch or value....all with pencil. I can tell you that looking at yourself for over two weeks gets old really fast. The paper we are working on is18 x 24 inches and you see every line, wrinkle and blemish. We turn these in on Tuesday. I will post Jerry's when he is finished.