{"id":5320,"date":"2016-07-26T10:54:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T10:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:55:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T10:55:16","slug":"pet-portrait-online-art-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2016\/07\/pet-portrait-online-art-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet Portrait Online Art Course &#8211; Mel Newing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have received a wonderful email from student Mel Newing who is currently studying with tutor Gayle Mason on the\u00a0Pet Portrait Online Art Course<\/p>\n<p>Mel said &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve just submitted my first assignment into Gayle for the Pet Portrait course which I recently signed up for. \u00a0I\u2019ve been drawing since 2012 teaching myself along the way, but finally decided that I needed some direction to take my work to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>The first piece we had to submit was a still life of a jug. \u00a0I was slightly apprehensive &#8211; the last time I drew anything like this was at school in about 1994! \u00a0This is the graphite pencil section so it\u2019s all about tonal work. \u00a0The first animal piece was a chocolate labrador. \u00a0Here\u2019s my attempt &#8211; I can see where I need to improve and the things I need to work on but I thoroughly enjoyed drawing this character!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled that Mel is enjoying her course and the assignments and are looking forward to seeing more of her work in the coming weeks and months. 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