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This was a delightful class from the start until the end. Barbara's charming personality makes it easy and fun at the same time. She explains everything in detail, which helps to understand the process better. She makes sure to not skip the steps, explaining that the exercises are as important as the drawing part afterwards.

Blind Contour Drawing

This is a fun exercise, which I should do more often. I'm familiar with Betty Edwards's work, so this wasn't new to me. I choose some other Picasso drawings to copy:

Fun Observational Drawing - image 1 - student project

Lively Lines

I collected some dry leaves (don't ask me what kind of tree is it) and a daffodil to complete this project. Leaves were fun, but I wanted to experiment more with the daffodil in my spring mood.

Fun Observational Drawing - image 2 - student project

Fun Observational Drawing - image 3 - student project

Drawings and watercolour exercises

I drew along with Barbara in this one. I'm not so familiar with the splashes, I don't use them often in my work. I know that I overworked that part, but that's ok. :)

Fun Observational Drawing - image 4 - student project

What I see from my window:

Here I exaggerated the colours and included so many elements that have nothing to do with the overall feeling.

Fun Observational Drawing - image 5 - student project

I decided to redraw it and get the colours and perspective right:

Fun Observational Drawing - image 6 - student project

Any idea how to include the bricks on a brick house, to not look overwhelmed? I don't want to include every single one, but still I should show somehow this characteristic.

More building drawing

I took this photo in Penzance, Cornwall, and I wanted to do this a long time ago because I like the buildings' perspective.

Fun Observational Drawing - image 7 - student project

My surroundings

I started it with one of the doors at the back of my diary (it's a recommended exercise anyway), a flower pot, the kitchen shelf and the blooming tree outside the window.

Fun Observational Drawing - image 8 - student project

Fun Observational Drawing - image 9 - student project

Fun Observational Drawing - image 10 - student project

And then I took my notebook (A6) to the park to draw some foliage:

Fun Observational Drawing - image 11 - student project

Fun Observational Drawing - image 12 - student project

Fun Observational Drawing - image 13 - student project

Thank you, Barbara, for this class. I'm really grateful for it. I learned a lot from you, and thank you for sharing the info regarding the brushes (I got them from Rosemary & Co, they are of exceptional quality). Thank you for introducing to me the official urban sketching platform. I was familiar with urban sketching but had never heard about them. I have already found out that there is a group in my area. That's really cool. So thank you again I really enjoyed taking this class. Any feedback or question is welcome.

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Tunde

Sketcher, Creator & Artist

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