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Art: Drawing from Life

Drawing real objects is an important learning technique for budding artists. My daughter typically draws from her imagination and while that is okay, drawing imaginary subjects does not add to her skill as much as the painful experience of drawing from life. This year many of her art lessons are drawing from life. This has [...]

Art Class - Doodle Week

I planned the first week to be a disciplined approach to doodling lines or that is what it appears to be. Actually, the whole purpose of this week’s exercise is to draw lines in a controlled manner, not completely mindless doodling, and then to observe the effect that the lines have on the drawing as [...]