This 25-minute drawing was done with the specific intent of practicing figure construction. Since I love quick-sketching the figure, I look for any way to improve my technique (I'd also like to better understand why an artist draws the figure, but that's a whole other topic). One significant way to improve I've found, is to,… Continue reading Constructive Figure Drawing
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What I Do When I’m Too Busy to Draw
Because I'm working a seasonal job this year, lately I haven't have much time to draw (or blog). To make up for it, I've been rereading Robert Beverly Hale's “Master Class in Figure Drawing” on my breaks. I also have audio copies of his 10 lectures that I listen to on my 40 minute drive… Continue reading What I Do When I’m Too Busy to Draw
Practice, practice, practice
This is a half-hour charcoal drawing from a photo on the http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/ Web site. My new large monitor makes it fun to draw at home. Although it's often-repeated that you shouldn't draw from photographs, I think it's helpful for practicing the basics such as proportion, layout, etc. and makes it easier to draw from a… Continue reading Practice, practice, practice
Color Studies
After doing color studies to make one color look like two based on value, then on hue, then saturation, and finally all three, I came to the final exercise in this section of David Hornung's book, “Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers” (see previous posts). In this exercise, he asks you to make two… Continue reading Color Studies
A Great Book on Color
Joe Paquette in his workshops talks about how it's important to do an inventory of the various skills it takes to be a good artist. To make a list, for example, of things like drawing, value, color, composition, etc., and decide which skills are the best-developed and which ones need more work. I've been… Continue reading A Great Book on Color
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