Black charcoal pastel and white chalk on black card

We liked this approach so much that we gave it another go this week. Yet again the results were fantastic, spontaneous, creative, and very painterly. And in many cases incredibly accurate observation skills were also achieved:

Black acrylic on paper

Here we used the edge of a small piece of cardboard dipped into black acrylic paint to create the contours of the reclining figure, resulting in some very creative and modern, semi abstract results:

White chalk and black charcoal on black paper

Life studies using a revers process for highlights and darks using white chalk on black cartridge paper (A3) then modified by soft black charcoal sticks. These are remarkable and very fast results from everyone in class. Fantastic learning has been made in only 9 weeks:

Home task drawings

Speed drawing - charcoal 14 March

Speed drawing - line 14 March

Drawings done at home

A dynamic range of work is always being done at home. Here is a selection of that work done between the classes using many of the different techniques and styles learnt in class.