A word from Alice - studio stories from Alice Draws the Line
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Drawing Flowers with the art class
Everyone bought some blooms with them to the art class and we each chose one or two to study. I drew a Magnolia bloom and the group watched as I did it and I explained what I was looking at and thinking about as I drew while they asked any questions - before having a go themselves. -
Modern Calligraphy workshops
I have had such an enjoyable time running beginner's modern calligraphy workshops at my studio recently.This one was for a bride and her maid of honour - the workshop ran as usual and we thought about place names, table names and other ideas that they had for the wedding. -
Draw The Line, a guide to starting sketching by Alice Draws The Line. Drawing challenges for beginners to pick up a pencil and start
Fancy having a go at drawing? Scared of a blank page or not sure where to start?I've made a drawing guide that you can buy and download to conquer just that. It's ideal for beginners and you are encouraged to play with mark making and do some fun, short exercises to start your drawing journey. -
Beginner's Botanical Watercolour Workshops...
This workshop came about because I use watercolours to work in. People have asked how I create my artwork and so I have been trying to break my process down into stages - and in this case, workshops.
As teaching watercolour is such a huge topic and not actually possible in just an hour and a half to two hours, I wrote this workshop with that timescale in mind. What we have is a bite sized introduction to the medium of watercolour. During the workshop we play about with basic watercolour techniques and start to build confidence using the paint
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