Today’s artwork – Day Three – is by Robert Kidner who is currently taking the Coloured Pencil Course with tutor guidance from Monika Cilmi. Robert has been enjoying the blog posts from us here at the London Art College over the last few months, especially the posts about coloured pencils. So we all thought it would be a great idea to have this dedicated coloured pencil week.
Robert has said of his drawings….
My tutor, Monika Cilmi, was very complimentary about this drawing and suggested that I might like to have both versions, graphite and coloured pencil, in the student gallery. It was one of my Set 2 exercises and the tree is a lone oak on the roadside not far from where I live. The bird is meant to be a Red Kite which was re-introduced in South Oxfordshire about 25 years ago, and is now so prolific that one can see five or six of these beautiful birds, soaring and wheeling over the village, almost every day.
We hope that our fellow coloured pencil students are enjoying this weeks coloured pencil drawing posts. We wish Robert all the best for his next set of drawings and look forward to showing them on the blog in the coming months.
Wow, so much detail in this tree!!! Its gorgeous! I don’t live far from Oxfordshire and often see three or four red kites overhead. Recognised that forked tail immediately. It’s spot on!
I hope when i get this far into the course i can be as good! Trees fill me with fear…..!
Im sure you will create a fabulous tree drawing Julie!! 🙂
Hi Julie,
It’s amazing how the Red Kites have established themselves in such a relatively short time! Your comments on my tree drawings are much appreciated. Judging by the skill with which you handle glass and folded material I am sure you will not find trees a problem!