Plaid Dad Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 A little background here: My last art class was in the late 1970s. I finally screwed up my courage and enrolled in a nature drawing class at the local community college. We met for the first time last night and here are the results. They're not going to hang in the Louvre any time soon, but I had such a good time! Now the big challenge: drawing a hard boiled egg... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Those are great! I love life drawing myself... give such a feeling of... I don't know... oneness and control and appreciation of beauty. Be sure and post the egg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Very nice! I would love to take a art class. I need to check and see what is going to be offered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Those are great! I've always wished that I could draw or paint. My father is an artist and I want to have received the gift, but it seems to have skipped a generation. :001_smile: Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'm so jealous of people that can draw. When I had "the Talk" with my dd I drew pictures. One important part of the male anatomy ended up looking like the atomic bomb. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Very Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Nice work, Drew! I can so relate to what you said on your blog: "I'm so used to living in words that just seeing was positively trippy. To think that some people spend most of their lives looking at the world that way!" Trippy, yup, that's the high for the artist. That's why I can spend the entire day and evening involved in a painting and never sense that I am hungry or tired or that the sun has gone down. The artistic experience can truly be otherworldly at times. I like "trippy", that describes it well. It is very freeing. Freedom from the confines of looking at something and only seeing its known presence the way others see it. You go from: Oh, there is a mushroom. I know what they look like. To: Mushroom, let's see, spherical on top, cave-like underside with velvety radial lines emenating from a lovely smooth cylindrical stalk...oh and look at the variation in color. Who would have thought there could be so many different browns. I think I even see some green and yellow and blue in there too...etc. Now, you see the mushroom, not just the knowledge of what is a mushroom. Happy drawing, Drew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'm hungry now. Much better than anything I could have done. They actually look like the subject. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in VA Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 but now I'm hungry! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Bravo! Love the garlic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in TN Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Those look really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I thought I liked the mushroom. . . till I say the garlic bulb. Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkgumby Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Wow, those are fantastic! That mushroom just pops right off the page! I need to take a drawing class . . . you inspired me! (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 the missing element from our home school. I've wanted to start art lessons with my youngest, but she doesn't seem to be interested. I wish I could have Percytruffle as our art teacher! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Awe, thanks Michelle! :blushing: It would be great fun to have a WTM art adventure !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I would give you an 'E' for excellent in any of the art classes I teach. Your gift has been lying dormant a long time, but its still there. I hope you keep drawing. Its a wonderful passtime and a great way to connect with our children too. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profmom Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Impressive! I feel like I have a taste of how you felt ("trippy," etc.) from your description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 A little background here: My last art class was in the late 1970s. I finally screwed up my courage and enrolled in a nature drawing class at the local community college. We met for the first time last night and here are the results. They're not going to hang in the Louvre any time soon, but I had such a good time! Now the big challenge: drawing a hard boiled egg... ;) Looks fantastic! Good job.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Soon you will be drawing gnomes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Soon you will be drawing gnomes! Or portraits of your children! This was my last drawing (and I didn't even finish it). I would love to pick up the pencils again. Drew, how did you go about finding an art class? Your work is looking great! I love Betty Edwards' books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Those are great. I love to draw, but I'm not very good at it. I think your next project should be a stick of butter. Mmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Great job Plaid Dad! The garlic was my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Savannah Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 If our children can take virtual classes, there should be a way through e-mail and messaging that we could hold art classes. I had semi-private art lessons for most of last year. It was inspiring and I learned so much, but unfortunately the teacher lives at quite a distance. Do you ever hear someone say that they can't play a note on the piano so therefore there is no point in trying?? Drawing is a skill just like playing piano and it can be learned. Now, just like piano, some people are naturally more talented and will be capable of greater things, but we can all be taught to see things in a new way....I have concluded that the greater part of learning to draw is learning how to see things. So, please don't say I couldn't do that....you can! That was my line at one time. Here is a sample of a still life I drew for my art class. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yea! Nice shading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saved1112 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 taking an art class! I took private art lessons as a child and have always wanted to pick it up again, but seems like there's just no time. :glare: My two older children draw very well... I need to check around to see what classes are offered locally... Thanks for sharing... post the egg will ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thank you for sharing your own drawings! Now my question is, where do I find a live gnome to draw and how do I get him to pose so nicely? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thank you for sharing your own drawings! Now my question is, where do I find a live gnome to draw and how do I get him to pose so nicely? ;) My teacher actually had three! I was too afraid to ask him if they were his. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I love what Drew drew! (sorry, I had to go there) And, Jenny, Crissy (did I miss others?), way to go. You're all so talented!! As a younger person, and in college, I was involved in art in a real way. The longer I've been removed from it -- life taking over, you know? -- the harder it has been for me to go back there. I once felt that I had some talent, but anymore, I'm just too out of practice. I also happen to have a lot of artist friends. Hanging around with them would, you'd think, be inspiring. Instead, I just shake my head and think, "I never..." A class might be just the thing to get me going again. But, that won't be happening right away, I'm afraid. Oh, and then there's the guitar I always wanted to learn to play. And, the languages I wanted to learn. And the..... Anyway, thanks for sharing your talents. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks for sharing. I haven't had an art class since junior high, either! I hadn't thought much about the process that artists go through to make art; I simply assumed that I am not gifted artistically. It's terrific that you had such an encouraging teacher. I've been wanting to take a pottery class for years, but somehow I'm always afraid that I won't be good at it. Maybe I'll give a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Katherine Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 This is the last piece of art I did, and it was 12 years ago. But I really like it. http://www.katherinebell.com/Baby%20Drawing.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 This is the last piece of art I did, and it was 12 years ago. But I really like it. http://www.katherinebell.com/Baby%20Drawing.htm Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 You are some talented ladies! Where've you all been hiding that drawing ability all this time? ;) I think you need to pull those pencils and sketchbooks back out. No point in wasting ability like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Drawing has always frustrated me, most likely feelings of inadequacy compared to my very talented folks. I have found "fire" though, and I'm having a blast doing metal smithing/silver jewelry fabrication. If I could only find the $ and time to do more of it and add ceramics back into the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sounds like you've found your niche! You should share some of the metal work you've done. We'd love to see it! I enjoyed my jewelry and metalsmithing class in college. The prof was wonderful. She was my advisor and one of my favorite teachers. I'm not much of a pencil drawing type myself either. I can do it and I can teach it, but I need color! I love to look at what others have done with pencil though. Ds, 17, enjoys pencil work. You can see some of his drawings here. The pencil drawings under "student work" are his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Sounds like you've found your niche! You should share some of the metal work you've done. We'd love to see it! I enjoyed my jewelry and metalsmithing class in college. The prof was wonderful. She was my advisor and one of my favorite teachers. I'm not much of a pencil drawing type myself either. I can do it and I can teach it, but I need color! I love to look at what others have done with pencil though. Ds, 17, enjoys pencil work. You can see some of his drawings here. The pencil drawings under "student work" are his. His drawing are wonderful! All of the work there is. I love children's work, it's free, without the limits of the adult (what my picture should look like mind). Anyway, here are a few of the new projects I have finished. I posted some others back during the winter. I do love this class, but hope to go back like Drew, and start drawing, painting, and sculpture again. I also love handbuilding and wheel, but had to give up wheel due to a bad back. :tongue_smilie: http://ridgeschool.blogspot.com/2008/04/not-fine-but-fun-art-friday.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Awesome work, Jenny. Thanks for sharing! Everybody needs to pop on over to her blog and see her metal work!!! :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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