Hi Elina
A lot of use used alternate materials on this lesson because we didn’t have the supplies that Matt used. Your solution is nice and I like the vivid colors.
Terri w2Rs
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Hi Nan, there is absolutely nothing wrong about making marks and having fun. So this is, what your art work means, if there has to be a meaning after all. I do like red and have a red kitchen. Lol, Buddy
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What a great exercise. I love pieces that intentionally do things differently. I think the plant piece is absolutely phenomenal. It also seems the most extreme to me in terms of no middle values. The compositional contrast between the geometric shapes of the window frame and the organic shapes in the plant, the roundness of the pot; what you’ve done with shapes in the plant piece is great. And the intensity of the highlights due to lack of gradation in value–I just love everything about the plant piece.
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Great Nan, I like them all and I agree with Matt that value is probably the most important element of art. I do like the still life and the child with the monkey most. Maybe you might want to turn these beautiful sketches into an even more developped art work?
Enjoy your process of creating art,
Buddy
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I envy you for being able travelling and doing wonderful art along. Thx for sharing and greetings from springish Germany.
Buddy
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I find your acrylic paintings beautiful and striking. Very pleasing to look at 
I am not even close to have good control with acrylic paints maybe some day. In the meantime I enjoy all the work from others like yourself. Keep ‘em coming!
Sonia Alonzo
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Hi Sonia.
This is lovely. Cheers to you for your continued commitment to improve your art.
Terri w2Rs
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Terriw 2r @robichon
Thank you for your kind supportive comment. I think either gray or tan toned paper would’ve worked better for this charcoal application. I tried to add white charcoal for the child’s highlights and won’t really show, also trying use the eraser to make highlights white was not all that possible because the transition from light to shadow shows harsh lines.
I must go back and watch some charcoal lessons to keep trying
Sonia Alonzo
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@Bearinthegarden thank you so much for your feedback. You got everything I was trying to do with the plant piece. Much appreciated.
Regards, Nan
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@Meme5
Thank you, Sonia . I’m new to acrylic, so still learning (as always).
Regards, Nan
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@Buddy , thank you. Yes, I’m hoping they’ll serve as inspiration for more serious work in the future. Really enjoying learning to make art.
Regards, Nan
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Hi Sonia @Meme5
Funny, last time I used charcoal for the lotus flower I felt brain dead and couldn’t remember how to use that media. I don’t use it often enough to remember either.
Terri
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I am calling this one done. I think I got a pretty good idea for next time I use this combination of media, learned a lot from this charcoal pencils drawing on white paper. I did this one all on my own. I applied all I could remember from the lion lesson from Matt, which I have framed and on the wall in front of my desk; except I added lots of white charcoal on the child’s skin and hair as well as on the denim jacket seams. I am somewhat happy with it. Here’s the picture of the finished one along with my progress. Critique away please
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Hi Sonia.
I think it looks good. Why don’t you send it in to the members minute and see what Matt has to say.
Terri
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Terri @robichon
Thank you Terri, I probably will send it for critique even though I am not super proud of it.
I don’t want to fix it any more because I would end up chunking it in the trash.
Sonia no r
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@meme5 Thank yo for sharing your process of drawing:folded_hands:… I like the mood of this picture… You caught it!.. And all the details 
Yes, it would be interesting what Matt would say about this in the members minute.
Finished the first yesterday…(to thin paper😅, faber Castel black edition, winsor&newton colored pencils)
Started the second scetch 2,5 hours ago… (290gr Aquarell Paper big tooth, Derwent intense cord pencils)
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