Resource 4: Drawing for All Your Worth #3

I've had a good a productive weekend.

I worked some more on my Koru on Saturday

and Sunday spent the afternoon working

on Resource 4 exercises.

Before adding the pastels..

..and after.

I plan on adding text but I'm not sure what 

or how. I have to admit to being afraid

of "messing it up" so I will put it to one

side until I know for sure.

I had to watch the DVD again today to 

comprehend the exercises in the resource

 and found it to be really visually helpful...

 Playing with ink and wet paper...

 Swirling the ink...

Blobs and strokes

For the first drawing exercise I
decided to try sketching my foot

I used this photo...

cropped, enlarged it and
turned it grey scale

my sketch - using tone and
shading to define shape

Playing it "safe"...but I'm happy with it

 Wooden fruit - more tone/shading

Inspired by these photos...

a kauri pear half

..and an apple

I found it really enjoyable and

satisfying drawing these..

Still playing it safe though!

edited on my computer
to intensify colour/tone

"Pushing the boat out" with a 

quickly-sketched pastel drawing

(and trying to loosen up!)

It looks a bit weird now that 

I've photographed it ..it looks
a bit like a mustard pot...lol!

So then I changed the colour
of the apple...

..and "pixilated" it.
This was my inspiration for the grid
exercise recognising tonal structure

Doesn't really look like an apple
any more does it? LOL!

Saturday-2 hours

Sunday-6 hours

Total: 8 hours (16/17 Feb)