Learn to Draw Class starts October 16, 2023

Give yourself or your loved one the gift of Learning to Draw!

Anyone can learn to draw with the tools I will teach you & practice. Learn to break down objects into their basic elements and shapes, see their edges, positive & negative space, & perspective. Blind contour drawing will enhance your understanding of how to draw what you are looking at, in a realistic manner quickly! Learn how to add convincing shading to objects based on light direction and contour, so your drawings won't look flat. Create drawings that you will be proud to share or give as gifts.

CLASS STARTS 

Monday, October 16, 2023, and is for 8 weeks, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, cost is $170.00. No refunds. Minimum students 3, maximum students 8.

TO HOLD YOUR SPOT

Please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865. For more information, and to see if there is room left in this class, call 603-548-6694 or email rtaillon@comcast.net. A percentage of each tuition is donated to the Seacoast Artist Association. Information is also available at the Seacoast Artist Association website: http://seacoastartist.org

WHAT TO BRING

Black fine tip markers such as Staedtler pigment liners, 3 colored markers or colored pencils (any colors), 9" x 12" Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, kneaded eraser, white plastic eraser, paper blending stumps, a 12 piece set of drawing pencils with both B and H pencils, a 12 inch 30°-60° clear triangle to learn perspective.

Classes will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from ULowell and has won regional and national awards. 

Learn to Draw

Mondays, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, starting October 16, 2023

Instructor, Revelle Taillon, rtaillon@comcast.net

Class is held at Seacoast Artist Association

130 Water Street, Exeter, NH

http://seacoastartist.org

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Finally finished this charcoal portrait of one of my grandaughters

I've started teaching charcoal drawing classes and with that, I have rediscovered how wonderful they are! I did a Corgi a while back and then it was no stopping me! I like toned paper as it gives me a third color to use within the piece. If you haven't started using charcoal, have a try. They can be messy on your finders, but you can just erase your fingers with your kneaded eraser!

My excellent students' work!

Here is another crop of my students work. We are studying how to draw the human head. I think they are coming long great! You can click on each of them to enlarge. Enjoy!

New classes

I'll be holding 2 new art classes at Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH starting October 29th. One is Learn to Draw and the other is Colored Pencil. Each class runs for 2 hours and is 8 weeks long. If you are interested, shoot me an email and I will send you a flyer!

Some new erasers

I got some Blu-tac after I read it's great to erase graphite, even better than a kneaded eraser. I also bought nice fresh white plastic erasers, getting ready to teach my upcoming art classes. I played around on a piece of scrap paper with pencil, charcoal and pastels and found the Blu-tac worked great except for on the pastels. But the nice bright white Stadler eraser cleaned them right off the paper!

I love new art materials! I'm also looking in a new type of paper that seems to be only made in UK called Mellotex. I may have to send for some!

iPad sketching. Illustration Friday theme: Surveillance

Each time I pick up my iPad to do some sketching, I have a different experience. This is a really good thing! So much to play around with i8n only one app so far. I can imagine the fun when I download more apps. This one was done all on one layer with one brush. Done in Sketch Clup with stylus

Illustration Friday post, theme "Liquid"

I don't know about you, but coffee is the most precious "liquid" in my life!!! I've created an entire line of these funny ladies all drinking coffee!

Drawn with pen and colored pencil. See all of my lady cards here on one of my other blogs: http://revelle-taillon.blogspot.com/

Illustration Friday theme "Urban"

Graphite drawing

Illustration Friday entry. Theme is "glasses"

Drawing Classes Saturdays this Spring in Exeter NH

I will be offering this class in Exeter NH starting April 13, 2013. If you live in the area, think about taking it, or giving the class to a loved one for a gift! 

In the news, Seacoastonline.com

My graphite drawing of my son was chosen as "Best in Show" at the Seacoast Artist Association gallery in Exeter, NH. Stop in and see it if you are in the neighborhood! I'm always open for commissions if you'd like a portrait of yourself, you loved one, your pet, you name it, I can probably draw it!

Ulustration Friday post: theme is "new"

This illustration was created in Photoshop, using some scanned images of old woodcuts that I cleaned up and rearranged with my own little "egg" inspiration. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday entry for "Imagination"