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
Tag: 2014
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
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