drawing – At Sunnyside – Where Truth and Beauty Meet

Week 32: After Corot, by Sunnyside

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Week 31: Gnarled, by Sunnyside

This is a lesson from The Virtual Instructor’s new Charcoal Drawing Course. Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside

Week 30: In Memoriam, Mahsa Amini

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Week 27: Joy, by Sunnyside

Hat Tip Inspired by Mieczysław Rakowski. Mère à l’enfant, 1942, found at Polish Art Corner. Happy Sunday! 🙂 ~Sunnyside

Week 26: Undaunted by Sunnyside

Undaunted I like his attitude…😎 Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside

Week 25: Do Over, by Sunnyside

Well, I Had To Try Again Seeing the first Week 25 image bugged me every time I looked at my home page, so I tried again today with the goal of correcting the head tilt (which I lost last time). I also used larger sized charcoal paper so I could work on the face details….

Week 24: Stoic, by Sunnyside

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Week 23: Skullduggery, by Sunnyside

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Week 22: Shade, by Sunnyside

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Week 21: After Dorothea Lange, by Sunnyside

Practice Goals My initial goal in this exercise was to practice placing the four figures on the page. Beginning with a perfectly composed photo like this one made this much easier. That hand, however, was a bugger. I know nothing about drawing hands – and that shows! See Original Photo Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother Dorothea…

Week 20: After Rubens, by Sunnyside

Hmmm…I need to try this one again — much to learn here. Since I did not have time to tone my paper with watercolor as he suggested, I tried using tinted charcoal on tan sketching paper for the background. I never could tell whether we were supposed to be using graphite or charcoal on the…