The difficulties of iPad sketching were getting in the way, so I've gone back to traditional media. This is last Friday open drawing at the Palette and Chisel. A half-hour pose which I first sketched in pencil then painted in gouache and finished up with ballpoint pen. I was really inspired by a great… Continue reading Beyond iPad
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What I’m Learning
After my last post about Steve Huston's New Masters Academy videos, I thought I'd better post some of my drawings showing what I've gotten out of practicing along with Steve. This is a sheet of 5–10 minute drawings (on the video they're 1–2 minute poses, but I still have to slow down the playback to… Continue reading What I’m Learning
Steve Huston Quicksketch Videos
Steve Huston and the New Masters Academy have a lot of really useful videos on Youtube. This is a screen shot of two videos placed side-by-side. On the left is a video of Steve doing a 5-minute sketch of a pose shown in the video on the right, which is a sequence of timed poses.… Continue reading Steve Huston Quicksketch Videos
More iPad Quick Sketch
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
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
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
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