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…

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…

Upper Intermediate online Portrait course is going really well. These are the earlier drawings that my students did when we were studying emotions. It was a fun subject, and we looked at how facial expressions changed depending on emotions. We also learnt about expressive gestures. These studies are done with various materials, and some of them are quite sketchy, however, each study captures a particular emotion really well. I really…

These beautiful Art pieces were created by my students who recently started the 10-week online Level 2 Landscape course. I am delighted with my students’ artwork! We were exploring the theme of mountains and rocks in Art, and then we were studying Pointillism art technique. My group of students are very enthusiastic and keen to explore various materials and techniques. They are a pleasure to teach. I look forward to…

Online Upper intermediate Portrait course is starting tomorrow. It will run every Wednesday for 10 weeks. We will resume studying the art of portraiture and explore the art of French Impressionists, Pop Artists and G. Klimt. There will be some exiting experiments with media, and we will be focusing on showing feelings and emotions in portraits. I look forward to seeing my students tomorrow. For more information about this course,…

Our Online Fundamental Art Skills course with live tuition has proved to be a great success with the students who really enjoyed creating experimental portraits using a variety of expressive lines and marks. My students studied various portrait styles and looked at a number of modern Portrait artists. These portraits were inspired by the work of some contemporary artists.  I am very proud of their portraits and so happy to…

Magic Wool Art and Craft Studio continues to celebrate its students’ achievement. I would like to share with you some beautiful pen and wash sketches that my learners from the online Introduction to Landscape course did. They really enjoyed exploring this technique while drawing the old buildings. The houses are full of character, and the expressive marks and washes added something special to the ‘personality’ of each house. I am…

This lovely experimental work was created by my learners from the online Introduction to Landscape course with live tuition. During the course we studied how to draw expressive skies and explored graphite, fineliners and pastels! Some very interesting effects were achieved and techniques used here. I am very pleased with my learners’ results! You are welcome to view their efforts and write some comments. If you wish to find out…