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Definitely this was a challenge for me to let go and you can see it on that monkey arm!

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Thank you again for posting all these wonderful drawings. I will be checking in periodically to see what you all are up to and all the 'masterpieces' created. Draw + draw more.

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my first experience with vine charcoal, what an exquisite raw marking substance, feels very expressive in the fingers / jackie

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Gitte-Marie
These tulips grow in my garden. I love their elegant petals, strong tulip fragrance and warm yellow colour. They remind me of my childhood.

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The final touch. Thank you for your feedback, Anita! I think the drawing is better now. I wanted to show the beauty in the wooden spheres and the story Mama and Baby.

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Thank you so much Anita for making this workshop! It has made me rethink my way of drawing. This is the initial stage of my second date with my elephants. I took the photo before I went in with more lines. Somehow lines make me feel safe. I felt it didn't described enough without lines... I Guess I'll have to make some new dates with these little guys and explore and challenge my habit of drawing lines.

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Lori
Thank you Anita for offering this workshop...I enjoyed it very much.

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These lesson days have gone by so fast.  Spending time in a kind of spiral, working to integrate them together.  This morning I was at the pond near my home, using modified blind contour to gather evidence over many pages.  For years, I thought of (modified) blind contour as a stepping stone to something else, a way to see and draw, develop hand-eye coordination, obviously good for warming up.  But more than that, I’ve found it to be the best way to feel with the hand and the heart.  A chance to lose the fear of something looking “right,” or “closer to good”— instead, it is a way to get the closest to the truth that you can ever be.  And if blind contour in public feels a little bit weird, I tell myself how cool it would be if everyone else was doing the same thing!

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Sandy, Mpls
I felt like you had an intimate relationship with those flowers! This is one of my favorite house plants. I love how some leaves stand straight up and others gently bend and noodle their way onto the table. So I thought I’d like to get to know it better. I plan to keep on drawing her.

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finding I am liking how this makes me focus on form
struggled with my vase and finding a balance
but loving it!

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Second date with Mama and Baby Elephant.

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Lori

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Lori

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I realized after starting I should have used a solid vase instead of glass!
Also, bright morning sun made such sharp edges.
But i am liking using the pencil and squinting eye measuring method!

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That was fun!

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class note: subtle 'turning' of the form, weaving of the value changes and full range of values.

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Gitte-Marie,  spheres, lights and shadows 

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Gitte-Marie,  spheres, lights and shadows 

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This little wooden elephant has a lot of spheres I could study and practice on. It was from photo. I used tinted charcoal (Derwent, Forest Pine) on Ingress paper. I think graphite gives me more control.

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Nancy. At first I didn't like the charcoal, because I felt I had less control. Then I began to enjoy the dance of mark, smudge, mark till I got somewhat where I wanted it.

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doing this was absorbing, wonderful / jackie

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Sandy......lesson 4

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Trying  out  different material and shadow/light

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Love the task, fascinating how two spheres emerge our of nowhere.

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Lesson 5 the dedicative

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Graphite 4B. I haven't made it in charcoal yet. And this I made from memory.

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Lesson 4 spheres.  Top is graphite, bottom is black Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor, a favorite colored pencil.  I am happy with how these forms look when I squint at them, and enjoy further refining, such as eliminating some striping effect.  I need to work on where the shadow will “start” to the bottom right of each sphere.  Drawing on a lunch break, so left the charcoal at home today.  :) Practice.

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Lori
Working with charcoal...darkest values

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Lori

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teacher

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Nancy. Playing with drawing my Mother's day present with negative space and geometric shapes.

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seeing shapes become three-dimensional, loved this unfolding / jackie

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Nancy. As others have mentioned, the second pass helps show up in accuracies. Interesting process. Also, I loved learning how to build a circle in a square.

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Leona

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Succulent

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Leona

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Leona

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Leona

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Succulent- Karen

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This was where the shapes emerge.  Fun. Barbara JA

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L3 loving how shapes emerge.  Also the way the mistakes show themselves.  Thank you for this. Truly enjoying the learning!

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L3 loving how shapes emerge.  Also the way the mistakes show themselves.  Thank you for this. Truly enjoying the learning!

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Barbara J Atwater

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Jennifer O.  Caught inaccuracies in this second pass through the drawing, but did not erase very much.  Focused on creating form. Will try it again.

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Gitte-Marie, working on finding shapes  and forms.

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Jennifer O.  Boxing in and putting away the eraser.  Not so easy.  But fun.

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general note: keep the 'ellipse/ shapes round at the intersections. see diagram below.

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Nancy. I really like looking at shapes this way.

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Lori
Really enjoyed this technique.

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Lori

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Jennifer O.  I am catching up on posting.  Finally I can upload without the image going sideways. :)  Thrilled to be in this class and in the Padlet forum.  These are half wilted hyacinth orchids that started to spontaneously grown in my yard this spring.  I have done exercises in blind contour before, but things are clicking with me better this time.  I love that word “honesty.”  Yes, nothing can be wrong or untrue in this exercise.  Thank you, Anita.  Building up my stamina for slowing down and resisting impatience.  15 minutes.

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Sandy, lesson 3....this was a very challenging lesson! 

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Sandy, lesson 3....this was a very challenging lesson! 

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Don't have the knack yet for how this app works.....there was another drawing that didn't load. Oh well....
Anita I so enjoy watching you draw and talk about drawing, seeing shapes, negative space and today's lesson on volume and shape. I enjoy watching you more than actually doing it....but once I start doing it I like it. Go figure.

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after this exercise i found it fun to look at things in my house differently, even while doing the dishes, seeing the in-between shapes / jackie

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Oh! I enjoyed this assignment

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Hello. Could you offer a list of your preferred drawing supplies? What type of paper you prefer, pencils...?

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Hello. Could you offer a list of your preferred drawing supplies? What type of paper you prefer, pencils...?

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Nancy. I found the shape on the left to be easier, I think because it's simpler. It was more difficult on the right for me to stay focused on shape rather than "bird". I think I got the "UPS box" concept a little better this time.

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Dear 'Drawing Workshop' Adventurers:

You are all doing so well, so many beautiful works + thoughtful. Thank you for your posts.

Looking forward to many more.
Anita

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I love drawing birds. This approach I will add to the way I usually use. I made an other study on of a still life. I find the true horizontal and vertical lines very helpful, not easy though.

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I enjoyed slowing down and study the lines, shapes and alignments.

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taking a break, grappling with this one. reminding self to explore shapes and keep going / jackie

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Nancy E. This was harder than I expected. I would have sworn I'm not a sketchy line drawer, but you can see one place in the lower right where I started to draw a sketchy line.

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Nancy E. More fun with iris.

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Nancy E. I love this type of drawing, especially with flowers.

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Nancy E.  I really enjoyed this. I think the hardest part was remembering to breathe! I'm quite happy with all the overlapping brushes.

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HI. I think this is my third class with Anita. I'm really looking forward to reviewing drawing basics. I also have the  watercolor basics class, which I haven't done yet, but I hope this will inspire me. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Bob

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Bob

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Bob, Albany, Oregon

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Lesson 2

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Lesson 2

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Lesson 2

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Lesson 2 Sandy Baines, Mpls, mn

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Degas. true horizontal + true vertical. enjoy Lesson. 2

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Jackie

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Lori
Enjoyed this method.

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Lori

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Lori

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Jane-Blind_Contour drawing

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Paula

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Paula- Contour Line Drawing

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Loving this!

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I have big A3 „Learning with Anita“ sketchbook which I am so grateful to be able to go on filling it … Love the first lesson bc it reminds me to slow down and really see. Will do it daily now as a meditation. Thank you, Anita!

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Loving the process. It feels so freeing

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breathe, look + enjoy lesson 1.

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Hello, This is Sandy Baines, posting from Mpls,Mn

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Hello, This is Sandy Baines, posting from Mpls,Mn