Mama Cormier

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Quirky Creature – Days 161 and 162

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..365 Days of Art

Around day 5 of our trip to London, my husband and I ventured to the British Museum. We quickly realized that going to any museum in the middle of the week meant that we would be surrounded by hoards of school children on field trips.

After leaving the museum we found a wonderful gallery directly across the street that featured wonderful ceramics. We were immediately drawn in by a series of ‘quirky’ creatures with human characteristics. The artist is Sylvie Favre from Paris.

For the next two nights I attempted to sketch a couple of these wonderful creations. I used a graphite pencil and a blending stump.

365 Days of Art – While in London

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…I did actually find some time to do some drawing when I was in London

Days 159 and 160

I’ve been trying to practice drawing more quirky characters. I did manage two pages of these lovely ladies while staying in our Airbnb in London. I found the best time to draw was when everyone had gone to bed.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Pastel Colours

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge

September Squares – Back to the Museum

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….some of the most interesting ‘pink’ artefacts can be found at the museum

Thanks to Becky B for hosting #inthepink

More Quirky Characters With Hats

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….days 157 and 158 of 365 Days of Art

Kammie’s Odd Ball Challenge – Sept. 13, 2018

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Kammie for taking over the Odd Ball Challenge

Vintage Hat on a Quirky Character

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….Lucy Cooke is encouraging us to add hats to our Quirky Characters

365 Days of Art continues with a pencil drawing of a quirky character wearing a hat. This is only the first of what I hope will be many hat wearing characters.

Day 156

365 Days of Art – The Beginning

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….days 153 and 154

I’ve enrolled in Lynn Whipple’s repeat class called Big Bold Blooms. It’s a very loose way of painting flowers on large canvases. I purchased three 24 x 30 inch canvases and the first thing we had to do was prime them with a light grey on one, an orange on another and finally a white gesso on the third.

Once the paint dried we had to look at a floral arrangement and with chalk pastels and vine charcoal we loosely drew parts of the arrangement and then flipped the canvas and did it again. The canvas was flipped three times and the last time lines were drawn in different directions across the canvas to almost give it a grid appearance. Each time one colour of chalk was used it was wiped with our hands to smudge it before the next colour was added or the piece was flipped.

My canvases are now ready for step two of the the process.