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Some Awesome Student Work From Portraits123

We’re only on week 2 of Portraits 123 and already my students are hard at work and showing massive improvement! I have to say to all of you, you are showing visual improvement from one picture to the next and the sheer volume of work you’re all churning out as practice pieces is incredible! Here’s [...]

29Faces #3-9

On today’s live show I was catching up on my 29 Faces by working on some action figures. These are the Marvel Avengers, based loosely in the film characters, but not really intended to look exactly like them, just approximately. The show was recorded and will be available on iTunes later today, or if you’re impatient [...]

And the Winner is….

Congratulations to Mary Dean for winning my giveaway! I have your email form my blog and I’ll be in touch shortly. Hope you have a great time in class. Commiserations to those who didn’t win, but thank you so much for entering and there’s still time to grab the 25% discount on all 3 classes [...]

Mastering Journal Art Challenge #2

Want to play? Come on over to rhomany.org.uk/classes. Every week we have a new master artist to learn from and try their style, and a journal art prompt to help us along. Last week we were in the Renaissance doing portraits. This week we’re in turn-of-the-century Germany looking at Expressionism and texture. Come and play!

Portraits 1 – Females; 25% OFF ONE WEEK ONLY!

Portraits 1 will teach you the basics of drawing female portraits in front, side and 3/4 profile, using my original system that takes all the guesswork out of working out where to place what on the page. Ideal for beginners and those who already draw alike, this course shows you how to draw stylised portraits [...]

New Challenge! Mastering Journal Art

Posted by Rhomany on April 21st, 2012

Members of my new site will already know about my new weekly art journaling challenge.

I’ve heard a few people saying they want to learn some art history and take inspiration from past masters of art, so I did a little poll on my show on Wednesday. Most people said they liked the idea of taking inspiration from the masters, and wanted something simple but challenging.

So, here’s the challenge. Each week I post a piece in a particular style. It might be a well known piece by an obscure artist, or an obscure piece by a little known artist. We’ll take inspiration from the style for our artwork, then add another element which might be anything from colour, theme or emotion to lyrics, a quote or a technique.

Challenge 1 went up on Wednesday, so you still have time to join in.

You can join the challenge here: http://rhomany.org.uk/classes. We have our own discussion forum, so if you know something about the topic of the week, by all means share what you know.

Risba the Gypsy ORIGINAL Mixed Media

Posted by Rhomany on April 19th, 2012

'Not All Who Wander Are Lost' Original Mixed Media Illustration © Klair Scattergood 2011

“Not all who wander are lost.” ~ Tolkien
This is an ORIGINAL, illustration featuring ‘Risba, The Gypsy’.*

Size: 10 x 8 inches with ready-to-frame 12 x 10 inch arctic white mattboard, and signed by the artist.
Material: 140lb/300gsm Cold pressed NOT Daler-Rowney watercolour paper with archival, recycleable, whitecore matt
Media: Watercolour, coloured pencil, ink, gouache, glitter & gems
Frame: Ready to frame, frame not included

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UStream Today Is Go!

Posted by Rhomany on April 18th, 2012

Yes, there will be a UStream today! Same time, (5pm – 8pm GMT/12-3pm EST) same place.

Ive been absent due to an internet issue that’s been ongoing for a few weeks and finally came to a head on saturday when, apparently, my modem hit it’s last furlong. Man in a van came yesterday to umm and ahh over it, took it away and brought me a brand new one today. So I *think* we’re fixed.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Nothing in particular on the agenda today, I’m just going to try and get used to my new camera set up (oooooh!) and finish off a few journal pages I’ve not had time to play with yet.

Having a Portraits Weekend

Posted by Rhomany on April 7th, 2012

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I really needed a few days off, so I decided to take this weekend to just work on some portraits. Here’s what I’ve been working on so far this week. All of these are based on my ‘squares’ templates from Portraits 123, where you begin each portrait with a square and never have to draw an oval for the face.

These are the kind of portraits we’ll be concentrating on over the three classes. But don’t worry, we’ll go step by step and build it up from scratch, so even beginners can follow along. Read more »

Tomorrow’s UStream Show: Wing-It Wednesday

Posted by Rhomany on April 3rd, 2012

Tomorrow’s UStream show doesn’t have a topic. I think I’m just going to spend the time working on finishing some portraits, including my sorceress, which has been hanging around since Christmas and I’m sick of looking at her.

Bring something along you need to finish and let’s put these oddments to bed!