LESSONS | weeklyartclass

Clare Shepherd

Artist & Teacher

One student beginning an exciting project..

...based on a portrait of Elizabeth 1st.

A beautiful present for a brother...

...who has moved into Buttercup Cottage!

Fabulous Caulfield inspired still-life.

Simple and strong. And necessarily careful and precise.

Lesson idea - Woods in Charcoal

Darken your page with charcoal and, with a soft rag, wipe it gently to an even overall middle tone. This allows you to work with an erase...

Great tonal newsprint collage...

...based on the simplicity of a Morandi still-life. Lovely use of different coloured scripts and directional script. Super contrasts whic...

Looking at Patrick Caulfield...

...and his still-life work. Super example of an inspired still-life, plus a lovely rose painting. Two celebrations in yellows!

Lovely newsprint collage...

...count up the wonderful witticisms!

Sublime winter landscape...

...in watercolour.

Wonderful landscape painting...

...worked up from a working drawing and a previous painting, a lovely process.

Fabulous hand studies...

...using line to create tone (cross hatching) and form - with directional lines. Lovely complex hand studies.

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