Fantastic views of the French market created by my learners. Exploring urban sketching techniques, experimenting with inks and other media is really enjoyable. I am helping my students to prepare for independent outdoor sketching during the summer break. For more information visit my page: Art Courses Raya Brown Artist and Art Tutor
Good start to the Online Urban Landscape course with some lovely sketches produced by my students. I am really proud of their results. You will see some beautiful fineliner sketches of a street in with quirky houses and coloured pencil studies of Tallinn. 'It was a very useful exercise' my students commented as it taught them to find the best composition and capture the character of a place quickly. Well…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my students! Have a great celebration! Thank you so much for your continuous support and dedication! You have kept me going this year and inspired me! Very best wishes of good health, happiness and lots more successful art and craft projects! Look forward to seeing you again in 2024! Raya Brown Art Tutor and Artist
Fantastic start to the new online Watercolour course! It was lovely to see my students returning back to continue to study art with us! We had a long break and now it is time to resume our art classes. This week we experimented with 'wet-in wet' and 'wet on dry' watercolour painting techniques and used 'resist' techniques for painting Autumn leave. These are our results. I think they are so…
My New online Botanical Art course has been popular and I am delighted with my students' drawings . They were carefully executed with lots of love and attention to details. Well done to everyone on the course! Look forward to seeing my students again next Wednesday. For more information on our courses and bookings, please visit our courses page. Raya Brown (Artist and Art Tutor)
I would like to celebrate the achievement of my students in the online Landscape course. These are the final pieces that they produced at the end of the course. The works represent special places for my learners. They were carefully planned and executed with lots of care and attention to detail. My learners used a variety of materials, such as watercolours, fineliners and even textiles. I am so proud of…
These beautiful portraits were inspired by the work of French artist Odilon Redon. My students used soft pastels skilfully to draw the portrait of the sewing Lady and they showed the delicate textures of lace and other fabrics so well. I also like the floral background in their work! There is definitely some influence of the Impressionism in their work and some element of mystery. I am very proud to…
Amazing response to the work of R. Kent by my students from the online Landscape course level 2. I love their interpretations of the artist’s work in soft pastels. My learners focused on colour blending techniques and sharp and soft edges. They skilfully used warm and cool colours. Beautiful transitions of colours and tones and a great sense of distance is present in their work. I am proud of their…
My students from the online Portrait course recently studied Pop Art, and were particularly interested in the art of Roy Lichtenstein. These are their ‘Pop Art’ portraits inspired by R. Lichtenstein’s art style. They also reproduced some of his portraits. The portraits are distinguished by bold colours , limited colour palette, simplified shapes and very few details. Besides, their portraits are influenced by the art of comic strips. The results…
Weeks 4 and 5 of the online Landscape course with live tuition. We were looking at how to depict water. We studied the work of French Impressionists and explored some watercolour and pastel techniques. We discovered how to create some amazing new colours and tones and achieve beautiful colour combinations. These are my students’ efforts. Well done to all my students! I am very proud of you! Raya Brown (Worcestershire…
