Caroline sketched out the head of a tiger, then using non shiny magazine pictures she picked out different coloured paper, some with interesting patterns, you could also use old postage stamps, wrapping paper, anything that will create interest and draw the eye. With a strong Pva glue you could also use old jewellery or even … Read more
Tone, texture, colour and line! Caroline had quite a boring picture of brown cliffs going into a distance. With the use of acrylic paintsShe mapped out a rough line of the picture, then starting with the nearest, the foreground, she used warm colours to bring the cliff forward, yellow, red and blue to make a … Read more
Caroline had a still life picture of a fruit bowl, Nicholson would pick out and separate the main shapes. Caroline drew the out line in Sepia ink with a small brush giving harder lines to give interest. She started by ‘seeing’ a star shape in the centre of the orange, she overlapped the grapes to … Read more
Caroline sketched an outline of squirrel. She mixed the water colours ready for use ranging from raw sienna, ultra marine, red, yellow ochre, green pthalo, and mixed to form lights and darks of purples and grey.She squinted to emphasise the dark areas, and noting any specific interest. Caroline started with the head. A twig or a drawing … Read more
Caroline instructed us to have all of our colors mixed ahead of time. She used yellow ocher and ultramarine to make the grays. All primaries mixed together will also make a gray. She used the turquoise straight without mixing it. For method one she took a large brush and painted a wash across the sky. … Read more
Caroline often starts in the middle of the picture and works out. The dark/light contrast attracted her so that was where she started drawing the buildings, measuring shapes in comparison with others. She drew with a 4B pencil but normally would choose a 7B. She hold the pencil from the end( the back) to get … Read more
This workshop with Caroline started with the painting of white masking fluid over white areas and reflections.After letting it dry, she mixed pools of turquoise,purple, blue and orange. Painting the purple loosely she covered it with plastic wrap and left to dry. She removed this leaving a lovely texture. She added orange with deep brown … Read more
Caroline lead a workshop with sixteen eager members on how to draw a portrait from a live model. She started the afternoon with the basics on portrait drawing and left us to use what ever media we chose to do a head or full body painting/sketch. It was lots of fun with much hilarity over … Read more
Caroline started off the demo showing us the two types of oil pastels that she was using. The first was Fabrer Castell which she used to draw in the shape of the flower in white pastel on a black background. These pastels are cheaper to buy and don’t fill in the colour effectively.. The second … Read more
The still life painting started out with mapping out the shape. A line was drawn down the middle of the page after which the shape of the jug was drawen. Shadows and reflections were then painted in black with mixes of blue.Big brushes were used to add layers of shadow colors.Once the correct shape and … Read more