LauraMay 27, 20222 minPeople Watching - or SketchingAirports are great places to people watch - they're also a great place to sketch people. For one, there's often time to kill waiting for...
LauraMay 13, 20223 minLeaving Behind and Looking AheadJust 11 months ago, I packed up all I owned to move cities, leaving my dear home of 13 years behind. I wasn't sure what awaited us in our...
LauraApr 29, 20223 minPortraits with PersonalityI love drawing portraits of my friends and family - over the years, I've ended up with a pretty large collection of many of the people...
LauraApr 15, 20222 minCapturing a MoodAs we approached the portrait unit of my art class, we began a project with the goal of evoking a mood. I reflected on some of the...
LauraApr 1, 20222 minTrying Something NewCollage has never really been my thing - neither has unrealistic subjects. But in my art class we were prompted to "say something new,"...
LauraMar 18, 20222 minTrying a New StyleSomething I really enjoy about my art class right now is that we get a list of artists to explore each week - for inspiration, to see...
LauraMar 4, 20222 minDaily Drawing - Food IngredientsThis last month I took a week to do themed daily drawings. Unsurprisingly, the theme I chose was food. I wanted it to be food that...
LauraFeb 18, 20222 minReflections in Colored PencilFor one of my art class's assignments, we were to capture the reflective surfaces of a metallic or glass object. My teacher challenged me...
LauraFeb 4, 20222 minCapturing TextureWanting to work on creating textures and visual interest in my pieces, I decided to draw a plant that I thought had a very interesting...