Welcome to paint party Friday... I finished up the lessons from Sketchbook revival and it was a wonderful learning experience!

This was one lesson I thought I'd make a mess of but I loved it from start to finish. The teacher was calm and encouraging, she broke the task into easy lines, encouraged us to scribble and dab.
I collected my pens and pencils, paints, sketchbook and water color paper. I started with her portrait and some notes, and she said, sketch with black pen.

Bold! No going back! It was great to see the lines appearing, and a release to know there would be no erasures. As it turned out I LOVED the sketch in black and white I did on the watercolor paper so ironically it remained a sketch while the thin paper of my sketchbook became the painted one!

I added another portrait in my 16 squares page... I learned so much about features, and how to age a person, how to paint different shaped lips, and eyes, and hair by doing these small thumbnail portraits. Now when I see an interesting face I do a little sketch. It is very satisfying to capture a gesture, or shading, and still remain abstract.

I feel I caught the teacher (with the earrings) and learned a new mouth shape. I learned by doing how to do a shirt better, and like her so much. The one on the bottom was a complete miss, it looks very little like her but I like the character she turned out to be.

I didn't enjoy all the exercises and got kind of cross with a couple teachers
This one was rude in my opinion so it came out in my portrait of her. She does have a really big mouth but not like this!

 she had really unique hair too. I didn't learn a lot but I learned to do a basic shape then soften it, round it, and try different components.

 This woman was beautiful, with a really different chin. I tried to capture her but she was teaching perspective, and taught it like she was talking to experienced architects! I was so out of my wheel house!Still I learned a little from her, I think!

 That's it for this week. I hope to continue to paint even though the classes are over.

If you like random lists of things I liked this week, check out Thursday's post! HERE!

Tomorrow is quilting round up with lots to show. Now that it's warmer I hope to return to painting on fabric, and quilting it.

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