Did you ever hear the phrase 'be careful what you wish for, 'cause it could come true'. Well it's true.
For years I've been saying I'd love to attend a drawing class. I've looked all over the place and last January by chance (as if there is such a thing) I heard an ad on local radio and lo and behold I started on an Art Porfolio Preparation course on 24th January.
The course is designed for would-be applicants to the School of Art here in Limerick. The participants are mainly final year students in secondary school with the odd mature student thrown in...ok I finally admit it, I'm odd!
I'm having the time of my life on this course. Never having done art at school I could give loads of reasons why I shouldn't do the course at all. Every 'reason' could be blown out of the water in one way or another.
Our teacher's motto is 'drawing is not like brain surgery...if you get it wrong, no one dies.' With that liberating philosophy behind me I just can't go wrong.
In the past 8 weeks we've progressed from line drawings in pencil to tonal drawings in both pencil, charcoal and also colour - for colour I used oil pastels. Unfortunately we've only got 2 classes left.
But hey there are lots more wishes to wish!
All the best
Ger
For years I've been saying I'd love to attend a drawing class. I've looked all over the place and last January by chance (as if there is such a thing) I heard an ad on local radio and lo and behold I started on an Art Porfolio Preparation course on 24th January.
The course is designed for would-be applicants to the School of Art here in Limerick. The participants are mainly final year students in secondary school with the odd mature student thrown in...ok I finally admit it, I'm odd!
I'm having the time of my life on this course. Never having done art at school I could give loads of reasons why I shouldn't do the course at all. Every 'reason' could be blown out of the water in one way or another.
Our teacher's motto is 'drawing is not like brain surgery...if you get it wrong, no one dies.' With that liberating philosophy behind me I just can't go wrong.
In the past 8 weeks we've progressed from line drawings in pencil to tonal drawings in both pencil, charcoal and also colour - for colour I used oil pastels. Unfortunately we've only got 2 classes left.
But hey there are lots more wishes to wish!
All the best
Ger
posted by Ger O'Rourke @ 1:40 am
3 Comments:
At 3:15 pm,
Olivia Twist said…
Thanks so much for commenting on my blog. I never really thought about that, that my relationship with food/sugar is just...over. I'll probably end up posting about that topic that you just mentioned. I guess a relationship is a relationship, no matter if it's with people, or food. Thanks so much for suggesting that. I'll probably be thinking of that all day now. :-)
At 3:16 pm,
Olivia Twist said…
Your class sounds really relaxing, and very interesting. Lucky you to be taking that. I'll trade you your art class for my History class.
At 12:31 pm,
starrgirl's world said…
Hi Ger. Thanks for commenting on my blog! You asked about the moleskine and here is what I've noticed: it takes pencil and any kind of pen very well. If you use watercolor you need to keep a light touch. The pages buckle just a bit with the water but flatten out ok later. I usually do my drawing, sometimes in pencil, sometimes in waterproof pen (Pitt or Micron). Then, if I'm going to add color, I do it over the penwork. It seems more like "coloring" than painting, but it is what works for me in the moleskine. Then when it is dry to the touch, I put a piece of folded typing paper between the pages as a blotter and close up the book. This helps finish the drying process and prevents the pages from sticking together. Later of course, the blotting paper can come out.
And about the Kite Runner - I, too, found it extremely moving and it made me cry. I enjoyed the inside view into a world I know little about. That adds up to great art, doesn't it?
I look forward to seeing your moleskine pages soon!
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