My Favourite Shoe, Sweet Peas, a Teapot, jug and a candlestick

My favourite shoe - that is to draw of course, belongs to P.

It would be much harder I think to draw the pair so thankfully I could only lay my hands on one.

Other things I thought I'd have a go at drawing were Sweet Peas grown and picked from the garden...

... a Teapot and Jug to be found on the kitchen window sill, never in use but bought in Devon as a souvenir from a potter many years ago.

 ... and a cranberry glass candlestick which isn't perfect as you can see but not a bad attempt!

Still Life Drawings

      This week I have entered into my second week of art classes and attempted to draw from a still life composition set up by the tutor who has encouraged us to try different ways of approaching the task.

      

I loved what I was able to do here. The third one is perhaps my favourite.

Art classes

     Well, spontaneity is often the fun way to start something new and so I find I have signed up for a course of art classes on the spur of the moment with an immediate start. So this week I am starting with drawing an apple.

The tutor is encouraging me not to restrict myself to only a couple of pencils that I might get drawn to using. We are essentially looking at tone, light and shadow.