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Welcome to the results of our latest weekend art challenge where we set our students the task to create a sketch in 5 minutes. They were to time themselves for the challenge and see if they could ‘time manage’ as well as create a sketch they were happy with. It’s not an easy challenge, even though it sounds it!
Some of our students managed to keep within time, a few ended up going over. It’s definitely one to practice. The object of this challenge is to give yourself a time limit to practice your observation skills and style of drawing. By doing these sketches repetitively over the weeks and months in your coffee breaks, we guarantee it will help improve your overall drawing and painting skills along with your creativity too.
Well done to all of our students who contributed this week, we hope you enjoy viewing all the sketches below!
It was surprisingly difficult to sketch in 5 minutes, the time flew by!! For the flowers, I had a little yellow acrylic paint ready on my finger so I could dab it on in the final seconds!! Catherine ThompsonKate Tollman Quick sketch of a chicken with pencil onto watercolour paper from a source stock photo. AmandaColleen Drawing and PaintingThis is forsythia drawn from the garden in 5 minutes. Catherine5-minute sketch ArianaI’m working through my pet portrait course and saw the 5 mins sketch in the posts. I was at the computer working on setting up a website for my pet portraits at the time, so the 5 mins sketch was a good reason to have a little break. The break continued afterwards, followed by a nice cup of tea and a walk in the garden. RaffaellaHere’s my 5 minute sketch VeraI’d intended to do a 5 minute sketch for the weekend challenge and did one of random things on my worktop. And then got carried away a bit, firstly by inking the pencil sketch and then colouring it, all of which took much longer than 5 minutes. But I thought I’d show it anyway. Meanwhile, it’s back to the actual drawing board… HerbertWeekend challenge, 5 minutes. This might have been a bit more but each one certainly wasn’t as my dog kept moving!! Dinah BarkerHello spring, so happy to meet you agai Nina KottoorMy five minute fox Full disclosure, I didn’t keep a close eye on the clock, some of the darker shadows may have gone over time. Pen with water-based ink wash Lindsay Napier9:10 to 9:15 today, Saturday morning. And I thought I could sketch – and colour – a mixed patch of Spring blooms from my patio in FIVE minutes. No way. (But I might start with this effort and spend another five minutes finishing it. Would that count? Julie Smalley5 minute challenge. First time using charcoal. My cat Loki Kathryn Peters SmithThis is supposed to be a pomegranate…. For the 5 minute challenge, though it look a few seconds longer (I added the tape to make it look more interesting!) Emma MillerA quick sketch and colour of an ironing board using coloured pencils. Nina Phillips
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