The end of summer is close, and I am happy to finish another quilt made with scraps of fabrics and ribbon that I find here and there, and cuttings from discarded material. I know it will be put to good use this coming winter, when it keeps us warm and cosy and its colours remind us of the warm sun.
We are invited to make some gestural drawings — and for today's quick sketches we have some live models. We are given a few minutes for each pose and the idea is not to focus on the details of the figures (and there really isn't any time for that).
It's the start of another school year, and we are back in class to paint. This time our power of observation is focused on the art of figure painting. The oil medium is new to me, and the texture and colours are rich and luminous. We start the class with some quick brush sketches to work out the cobwebs and loosen up before we start.
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