Sillouttes, Faces and Gelli Plate backgrounds

I've just spent a wonderful three days at Art from the Heart with the very fabulous Dina Wakley
It's not my first time under Dina's tuition (in fact its my fifth!) and I can tell you it won't be my last! 

Can you tell I'm a big fan? hehehe


The silhouettes class

I got to sit with my dear friend Janeyb which was a nice surprise as I didn't know she'd be there and its always good to meet up with old friends right? :)

 My second class was faces, Dina style.... she took us through her way of drawing faces in stages .... well I'm not quite there yet and I suspect it will take oodles more practice but Dina gave lots of encouragement  so I'm being brave and letting you see mine.....

first attempt....

painting the face... its all about light and shadow.... 

....painting the page in blocks of colour and then drawing a face.... 

free time.... I'm out on my own....

There's lots to work on here but I really enjoyed this class and will certainly be drawing more in my journal :D

And then it was the Gelli plate class - much fun was had and much mess was made in the making of these backgrounds....

and the very best of all was that my beloved joined me for the day! He had much fun too :D

Its preview day at Art from the Heart this Saturday (23 March) and Dina will be there doing a book signing of her inspirational book "Art Freedom".... I encourage you to come along if you can  - there are copies of the book to purchase in the shop but if you have already have your own, bring that along (and if you don't  own a copy, trust me, you really NEED this one!)