Your Art Questions Answered…
The idea for this post came from seeing similar patterns with my beginner learners. All these things are so common and so simple to fix, so I thought a checklist might help:
Have I got the right sort of paper?
If you are working with watercolour you will need some watercolour paper, for pastels you will need pastel paper etc. If you are unsure I give some advice on my Art Materials page.
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It is very common in many art classes, particularly drawing classes to start with a ‘warm up’ exercise and we are not talking keep fit! What is it and why is it important?
Just like a music lesson where you might start with a vocal warm up, a drawing warm up does the same. It is a way of getting ready to work on more developed studies and getting us ready to draw and paint. A drawing warm up is not about producing polished studies, it is a quick activity of usually ten to twenty minutes that usually concentrates on one particular skill.
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