"I dip my brush in my soul, and paint my own nature into the picture." ~ Sandy Sandy This is the start of my next oil painting with the subject drawn out with a brush.
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in today's world. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.” ~ Dr. Seuss Here's SE 30-35 with color applied. These will be the subjects of our 5th Live Group Session of Classes here at Sandarosa Studio. You can see more about it here: https://www.sandysandyfineart.com/2025-live-session-5.html
I have been getting ready for our next live art class session here at Sandarosa Studio. As per my students' requests, we will be doing whimsical scenes, similar to what we did last year. You can see what we did in last year's class here: https://www.sandysandyfineart.com/2024-live-session-5.html
"The ability to draw from life determines the artist's skill.This is why live drawing classes have always been at the top of the curriculum for properly structured academic workshops."~ Igor Babailov “Drawing from photos is all well and good, but we also need to draw from life, because our brains process 2D and 3D information differently. Just like a musician practices the same piece of music over and over, if you want to improve as a fine artist, you must train in the same way.” ~ Sandy Sandy
See photos of my roly-poly subject and more about drawing from life here: https://www.sketchingeveryday.com/2021/06/everybuddy-needs-buddy.html
Learn how I do 2 minute gesture drawings in pencil from life here: https://www.learnlovecreate.com/drawing-lessons.html
“Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see; to see correctly, and that means a good deal more
than merely looking with the eye.”
~ Kimon Nicolaides
Drawing Every Day: Numbers 77 - 110, 2021
I was so into sketching by the end of the summer,
that I couldn't stop, so I carried it well into September!
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
You have no security unless you can live bravely,
excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose
a challenge instead of competence.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Drawing Every Day: Numbers 62 - 76, 2021
