My work has improved so much since I did the Three Golden Retrievers. Although I signed up for the distance education program in the London Art College, I find that the independent research into techniques and methods has been more educational than the package they sent. The interaction between students on their website is so-so, with some students posting everything they've ever done and hoping that somebody says something nice about it, and others putting up only the work they submit for evaluation to the instructor. Hard to argue about either method. It's nice to see other students' work, and I should post mine up soon.
I'm procrastinating because I haven't actually done the darned "hair" assignment. It's not one of my favourite assignments. (various types of hair portrayed in 2 media: graphite and a colour medium of your choice in 3" squares.) Instead of working on the homework, I've been doing the Quartet of Cats as a Christmas gift. Then I did the graphite drawing of Carver, which was a donated item for a Convention's silent auction in British Columbia.
Then there's the "horse" assignment. Horse?! Sure there's horses here, but I don't know if there's as much call for horse portraiture in Newfoundland as there apparently is in the UK. (horsey people?) They want the horse to be wearing a halter and bridle (halter and "bridal"... lol... with "reigns." The typos in the instructions gives me a giggle and the overwhelming urge to stick a bridal veil on the horse.)
Well, here's some photos for your enjoyment. They're on my Facebook page as well as in a website I set up. Links to those are also here. (If the Facebook one doesn't work, just go to your Facebook and search for "Charmed by Christine - Pet Portraits" ... it should come up.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charmed-by-Christine-Pet-Portraits/169298826428624
http://charmedbychristine.webs.com/
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| Shauna |
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| Quartet of Cats |
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| Blue |
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| Niki-Bee |
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| Carver |
