Cherry Blossoms outside my window (close-up) We here in Western Canada, Vancouver Island, BC to be specific, has been lucky to avoid mostly all of the terrible polar vortex winter troubles that Central and Eastern Canada has experienced (and still is, actually). We’ve been so lucky here. We’re seeing fully blooming cherry blossom trees, crocuses, daffodils and…
Roz Stendahl
AEDM Day Nine
So, I realized as I went through my homework videos on SBS (this week’s class is with Cathy Johnson) that my pinecone study fits exactly into what Cathy is teaching. Hmmm, serendipity I guess. So the art for Art EveryDay Month is also my homework. Gotta love it when you’re already half done something…
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane…. Nope, It’s a Bird!
This is my final homework for Roz’s class on how to draw and paint animals. It’s amazing the amount of information that woman can impart in one short class. So well worth the price to do SketchBook Skool. I never thought I could draw animals accurately. I’ve had artist friends who paint animals and I…
Color Play
I started learning about the colors in my palette a couple of days ago by mixing a bunch of greens, here’s the post. When I finished Roz Stendahl’s class I realized as I perused her blog, reading all about color theory, brush pens etc., that in fact, I really should change out my student watercolors…
All Gooses All The Time!
Ok, so this week’s teacher at SBS is Roz Stendahl and she’s an expert at drawing animals. You should have seen her live model demonstration video. She went to the home of a parrot owner (I think the parrot was a sun conure) and showed us how she goes about capturing the essence of the…