How do we draw animals?

I have come to a conclushion, there is no "how to". You just do the best you can to make observations and judge how to draw from what you see.  Today with Liza and Sam we drew different animals - tiger, frog, polar bear, dolphins and penguins. More to come!

Fashion Triptych

We had a great time with Liza, she drew different fashion designs, playing with textures and patterns.

Liza naturally has a good artistic taste and the result is quite whimsical and fun!

Jenny's First Lesson

I met with Jenny today.  She knew how to mix colors to get other colors and picked the right brushes for different detail needs, which I found very smart.  

She did a still life with a bottle and a bowl of fruit. 

We worked on getting the shapes of the objects to get them

to look real and for the colors to work well together in relationship to one another. 

Still life with model

Barbie was the model, she wore jewels and she sat upon her throne :)

Van Gogh Lesson

Today Liza painted Van Gogh's "Starry Night" with oil pastels.
She picked out all the colors and created the right kind of strokes!
I am amazed by her budding talent!

Frida Kahlo, self portrait study.

Today with Liza we studied the art of Frida Kahlo and her expression through self portraits.

Liza created her own self portrait with her cat in the style of Frida.  I think she did a great job.

Her drawing, using color pencils and pastels came out quite whimsical and original.