About a half-hour quick sketch from an online Croquis Cafe pose by Rhus. I've been reading about photoshop painting techniques and for this I used layers for the background texture and to make adjustments to the skin color. Plus I used the alpha lock feature in Procreate to lighten the color of the original line… Continue reading More iPad Quick Sketch
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Half Hour iPad Quick Sketch
In Procreate with “post-production” glazing for texture, from an on-line Croquis Cafe video. It's really hard to draw decent curves, among other things. The model has a real Picasso-esque face. Posted with Blogsy
Pushing Electrons Around
Latest iPad quick sketch. Procreate custom brushes. Thirty minutes. Done after watching a Steve Huston video on shading. Posted with Blogsy
Struggles with ipad quick sketch
A little more than a month of weekly quick sketch sessions plus practice at home has yielded the top sketch, a half-hour one, and bottom, a more typical 5-minute sketch. I'm using a Procreate brush that changes width with speed so I can get a nice fine line if I use quick strokes, but the… Continue reading Struggles with ipad quick sketch
iPad Quicksketch
I'm stubbornly continuing to use my ipad for quick sketch sessions with a model. Mainly because it keeps me focused on gesture and doesn't let me start finished some small part of the drawing before getting the whole thing down–something I'm way too likely to do. Most of my time on this sketch was spent… Continue reading iPad Quicksketch
Ipad Gesture Drawing
All of these drawings are done on my Ipad using Procreate. The first two drawings are five-minute quick sketches. The third one is a 25-minute heightened drawing. Using an Ipad forces me to not draw “cute.” That is, it forces me to concentrate on the gesture of a pose and avoid getting caught up in… Continue reading Ipad Gesture Drawing
The Plan
Here’s a plan for the typical three-hour quick sketch session: First half-hour—One- and three-minute poses. Follow the example of Michael Hampton’s Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, p. 38, and focus on the placement of landmarks. Second half-hour—Five-minute poses. Start with the same landmarks, but add more volume and contour. … Continue reading The Plan
Return to Watercolor
I'm working in my sketchbook a lot these days—almost no charcoal drawing at all. My dream is to have one place to put everything. All of my quick sketches, practices, study drawings, and paintings in one book. This is a watercolor 1/2-hour pose at Friday's open studio. I brought the scan of the original into… Continue reading Return to Watercolor
Three Teachers, One Drawing
I owe this 25-minute quick sketch at last night P&C open studio to lessons taught to me by three teachers: for being able to set up a overall layout on a page, Max Ranft; for how to use Prismacolor pencil, Bob Schultz; and for how to construct a convincing human form in space, Michael… Continue reading Three Teachers, One Drawing
A Good Start and a Dump Truck
This is the fifteen-minute start of a 25 minute drawing. The model had trouble with her leg (half sitting on a metal stool cut off her circulation), so I couldn't go any further. But I liked how “raw” it looks, with lots of rhythm lines and basic shapes. To be honest, many times from here… Continue reading A Good Start and a Dump Truck
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