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Fifteen-Minute Sketch & Gottfried Bammes

This is the last drawing at last night's open drawing session at the Palette and Chisel. I did it on 18 x 24 inch Strathmore paper using vine charcoal, with a few touch-ups inProcreate on my Ipad. And here are some quotes from “The Complete Guide to Life Drawing,” the only complete English version of… Continue reading Fifteen-Minute Sketch & Gottfried Bammes

Second Ipad Drawing from Sketch

Here's my second Ipad drawing based on a figure drawing from quick sketch studio at the Palette and Chisel. Here's the woodcut by Hakutei Ishii (1882-1958) in Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989 that I based the composition on, and my original approximately 20-minute sketch:

Sources

To the left is the original half-hour sketch I used to make the print below that I posted last time: And here's the 1934 Japanese print by Toraji Ishikawa titled “In the Bathroom” that I used for the basic design: The print went really quickly. It only took about 4 hours. Now I'm working… Continue reading Sources

Last Night’s Figure Sketch

Here's last night's most successful figure sketch translated into a Japanese woodcut-style image via Procreate app on iPad. I had a lot of fun working on this print. It's very loosely based on a print by Ishikawa Toraji that I found in Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989 by Lawrence Smith, a book I've come back to… Continue reading Last Night’s Figure Sketch

How I Quick Sketch

Above is the last drawing at last night's quick sketch session at the Palette and Chisel. In this post I'll describe how I create a drawing like this using my evolving procedure for half-hour quick sketches from the model in charcoal. My materials are: 1. 18 x 36 inch Strathmore Drawing Pad (80 lb. off-white… Continue reading How I Quick Sketch

Curves, Blocking, and Values

The following are Ideas about how to draw that I'm just becoming acquainted with. I put them to use as much as possible when I draw, but it's a struggle especially the concept of making up my own light. In general, I use the light I see which at this point I can modify somewhat… Continue reading Curves, Blocking, and Values

Never Give Up

Two drawings from last night's quick-sketch at the Palette and Chisel. I was tired: I get up in the dark and travel over a hundred miles to make it to the morning session and now it was dark again after a long day in Chicago and the model was late for the evening session.… Continue reading Never Give Up

Shadows

From “The Practice and Science of Drawing” by Harold Speed: “Nothing is more awful than shadows darker in the middle and gradually lighter towards their edges. Of course, where there is a deep hollow in the shadow parts … you will get a darker tone. But this does not contradict the principle that generally shadows… Continue reading Shadows

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,100 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 35 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… Continue reading 2013 in review

Backs are tough

My last drawing today was this back study from a posespace.com photo. Luckily there wasn't too much going on other than some suggestion of scapulas (scapulae?), the spine, the sacral triangle, and a couple hips. I've seen well-developed guy's backs that would drive you crazy with all the lights and darks. I'm using vine charcoal… Continue reading Backs are tough