perspective and pen drawing to capture the dramatic slope of the buildings. Use colour to enhance the design.

Using thin layers of charcoal and various methods of creating texture, reveal light and suggest atmosphere make a tree filled study.

Pencil techniques for a varied textural drawing of sea and sky.

Pencil for detail and tecture combines with a wash of ink for shadows in this rustic themed drawing

Find out about directional shading and using different grades of pencil.

Using a painting of an unknown man by Robert Campin (1425) as a starting point explore the face using edges, shading and observation. Pencil and paper.

This week we are exploring perspetive from three points of view. A little theory then tryng to draw - but not getting too involved in the theory and just identifying what is happening as we look.

A stylised charcoal face building up from simple abstract shapes and final details.

A complicated architectural subject. This project looks at working a structure as a whole thing without getting too focused on individual features, the importance of understanding contruction lines in a drawing and the value of shading to find three dimensions. Pencils and paper are all that is needed here!