Danny Gregory has published several books, including "Everyday Matters", "The Creative License" and others, in which he practices and advocates for daily sketching. He also maintains a blog and Facebook page called Everyday Matters where he recently challenged himself and anyone inerested in participating in a motivating and inspiring set of 328 exercises called the EDM Challenge. So I thought, what the heck? That, at least, will take care of the "what will I draw today" dilemma :-) Here is the first batch, which I started last week.
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I just came back from the Red Deer College Series Art and Fine Craft Workshops where I spent five days learning how to handle watercolours. I've been dabbling around with watercolour in my sketchbooks but really getting to know the medium is something I've wanted to learn for a long time - like most of my life! Susan Woolgar, a Red Deer area artist, guided us into the wonderful world of watercolour painting with numerous demos, tricks, and shortcuts. Despite the many frustrating moments that occur when you learn something new, it really was an exhilarating, rewarding, and satisfying week. It was great to spend a week in student residence with other artists and spend up to 9-10 hours a day at an easel, practicing, practicing, practicing. A rare privilege in this working girl's life! Here are a few of my "successes".
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Welcome to my occasional posts
My name is Yvonne Rezek. This is a blog about what my hands are up to. Mostly sketches and drawings, some of my pottery, maybe even some knitting.
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