One of the artists/teachers who has been guiding our learning process is Dallas from Bestowing the Brush. I am glad I invested in her first video course called Brush, Chalk, and Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing.
We are first practicing the foundational methods of brush control (sounds like breath-control in singing or playing trumpet, like my dad!) A great bonus of this new activity is the exercise it gives our disease-damaged brains.
Those methods are something like practicing scales on the piano (which I enjoy, actually), and they also leave room for creativity.
In the early weeks "at home", Dallas had time to share some live sessions on her Instagram and YouTube accounts, which have been inspiring. Though not now as frequent, she has another IG live painting class coming up this Friday, May 15th at 3:00 PM central.
I got a couple questions answered while sketching along with Dallas and another of her artist friends one day. Inspiring! I love how her goal is to help us see and appreciate God's world more. That is certainly already the result as Elsa and I begin to paint and draw more often.
One fun brush-handling project was these colorful circles. Mom even joined us for that class!
We are filling our fridge while we wait for our little nephew/grandson to start making his own art for us to enjoy there!
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