Comments on: My Comments on Things Fall Apart and More Knitting and Another Hobby http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/ Marla's adventure from Aplastic Anemia and beyond Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kim http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/comment-page-1/#comment-38632 Kim Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:32:17 +0000 http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/#comment-38632 Yes, I did take art lessons for several years after I stopped ballet. And so I did draw with pencil & charcoal, and paint with acrylics. I used pastels which is also fun. I was trained to draw in regular pencil, your layout and would use the charcoal pencil for more detail and the sticks for shading. I used a kneaded eraser to clean up mistakes which works great! Happy drawing! Yes, I did take art lessons for several years after I stopped ballet. And so I did draw with pencil & charcoal, and paint with acrylics. I used pastels which is also fun. I was trained to draw in regular pencil, your layout and would use the charcoal pencil for more detail and the sticks for shading. I used a kneaded eraser to clean up mistakes which works great! Happy drawing!

]]> By: Administrator http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/comment-page-1/#comment-38631 Administrator Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:23:22 +0000 http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/#comment-38631 Thanks, Kim, for the critique and the tip for trying out charcoal. I'm getting a "vague" recollection that you did some art work before? Painting? I've done very, very little painting so don't know how to control that. Except with airbrush. I've taken a couple classes doing airbrush, but that's a lot different than using a regular brush. When we were at the store I saw different kinds charcoal. Do you use the "sticks" or the ones in pencils? It looks like you need to be more skilled with the charcoal as it doesn't look like you can "erase" easily? We did another still life yesterday, but Aaron didn't like the set up so he quit drawing. I continued on, however, but when I was quite into it, I could see why he didn't like it so much as it didn't really give the same kind of exercise with shading. So later today we'll try another set up which lends more to shading practice. I'll try to put up pics later, including the one I did yesterday. Thanks again, Kim! Marla Thanks, Kim, for the critique and the tip for trying out charcoal. I’m getting a “vague” recollection that you did some art work before? Painting? I’ve done very, very little painting so don’t know how to control that. Except with airbrush. I’ve taken a couple classes doing airbrush, but that’s a lot different than using a regular brush. When we were at the store I saw different kinds charcoal. Do you use the “sticks” or the ones in pencils? It looks like you need to be more skilled with the charcoal as it doesn’t look like you can “erase” easily?

We did another still life yesterday, but Aaron didn’t like the set up so he quit drawing. I continued on, however, but when I was quite into it, I could see why he didn’t like it so much as it didn’t really give the same kind of exercise with shading. So later today we’ll try another set up which lends more to shading practice. I’ll try to put up pics later, including the one I did yesterday.

Thanks again, Kim!

Marla

]]> By: Kim http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/comment-page-1/#comment-38580 Kim Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:21:39 +0000 http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2009/06/09/my-comments-on-things-fall-apart-and-more-knitting-and-another-hobby/#comment-38580 Ok! Enjoyed the Blog! Here is your art critic, me! Are you ready? Both drawings are very good. Marla, I enjoy your precision in your style and still you have very good perspective. (No bottles falling off the table). Yes, Aaron has a very good feel for shading. It is alot more fun with charcoal if you two would like to expand your experience. Ok! Enjoyed the Blog! Here is your art critic, me! Are you ready? Both drawings are very good. Marla, I enjoy your precision in your style and still you have very good perspective. (No bottles falling off the table). Yes, Aaron has a very good feel for shading. It is alot more fun with charcoal if you two would like to expand your experience.

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