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100? Days of Drawing Art Practice

100? Days of Drawing

I watched a video from an NZ Artist named Rhiannon James about the things she learnt from drawing for a hundred days (https://youtu.be/BYzP2I3yXCQ?si=s5bc0aK8wlgLdnst) and got interested. It wasn’t the typical challenge where internet people are involved. She just did the challenge by herself.

After having spent almost a month doing admin things like framing, completing and sending entry forms, and liaising with different people for shows I wanted to get into, I felt really lost and rusty once I went back to the studio to paint and draw. I do not know what I want to create. I know I want to create something, but I feel like I am running on empty.

And so I was inspired to do this challenge myself, too. I do not know if I will ever get to reach 100 days, but I have prepared 16 sheets of small toned papers I can draw on for now. I have commitment issues in almost all areas of my life and have found that I need to take baby steps before committing to anything, so for now, I am starting with 16 days of drawing.

Day 1: Drawing #1

This is how uninspired I am at the moment. I picked up this almost finished banana and drew it. The composition and perspective are off. I did not like it. However, I liked the concentration I had while drawing this. It was simple and small. I easily accomplished one. I hope to use this blog to record the whole experience so we’ll see where this goes!

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Studies at the Learning Connexion

Experimental Drawing – Female Life Drawing

We had another life drawing session last week, this time with a female model. I prepared the backgrounds beforehand and it surprisingly fit the exercises well.

Female Life Drawing – Lines

It’s wonderful how these simple lines can be this expressive of movement. It looked so graceful to me.

Female Life Drawing – One-Line Drawings

This next one was quite interesting, too. We were told we can choose to change the medium we are using. I’ve always been comfortable using soft pastels so using an Indian ink marker is a good change. The poses looked dramatic to me – very very interesting.

Female Life Drawing – Detailed Drawing
Female Life Drawing – Metamorphosis

This part of the exercise was really confusing for me the last time we did it but I took some risks with this drawing and I think it paid off. I quite liked how the parts are fused and how it interacts with the background.

Female Life Drawing – Fire

The proportions were not quite right here but I loved the idea of fusing elements into the drawing. I used the element of fire but illustrated it as if it’s water.

Female Life Drawing – Air

I developed one of the lines in the previous exercise and fused the background I created prior to our life session to illustrate the element of air.

I have been learning a lot of techniques to be more creative with my drawings. I have been more free with communicating my thoughts through drawing. The immediate feedback from those in my class and from our teacher has been really effective. I have tried things I have never thought of doing before and it has helped develop my process in creating. These exercises have been really boosting my confidence in terms of my capacity to create in general.

The term is about to end soon and as I am a distance delivery student, I am not too sure if I will have a slot for onsite classes next term. Hopefully, I’ll get to sign up to at least one onsite class. We’ll see!

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Studies at the Learning Connexion

Experimental Drawing Classes – Dan Wilkinson

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am currently studying at The Learning Connexion. I am a Distance Delivery student but I signed up to one of the Main Classes – Experimental Drawing by Dan Wilkinson

We have had two classes so far and I have already been learning a lot of things. Our exercises are so freeing – it allows us to explore more and follow the flow of our drawings more. Below are some of the output I have had from our exercises.

Still Life – Warm-up Exercise
Still Life – White Pastels on Black Paper

I liked this one the most from our still life session. The effect of white pastels on black paper is quite unique.

Surrealist Still Life

I found the process of creating this surrealist still life drawing enjoyable. I drew the driftwood first then I had the impression that it looked much like a cave so I decided to be playful and drew some cavemen in it, playing with the scale of the driftwood.

I am excited to learn more through these classes. The class itself is interesting enough but getting the chance to interact with other artists makes it so much more insightful. I get to see the process and insights of those doing the same class with me.

We will be doing a life drawing session next week – should be interesting!