“For every action there is a reaction” said a science guy, a long time ago in our galaxy – and it’s true: when a samurai bows down to his shogun (I know, I’m should stop watching Kurosawa movies), the back … Continue reading
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Two points for the shy and self-doubting artist (all of us in fact) figure drawing week 3 I’m dead and buried – and unburied – every morning, nothing new here, health problems – let’s just say my current normal look … Continue reading
Week two of Figure one is about spheres, seeing spheres in what we draw, seeing lines going around the object we draw, even imagining they are made of glass and we can see the wireframe of the object like in … Continue reading
Figure one week one – comicbook style Back to school! And back to this blog! This semester, I’m studying with Glenn Vilppu in two classes (I’ll sleep in my grave): figure one, which I have already done several times (this … Continue reading
I’m going on vacation so here are the entries for week 9 and 10, if you want info about joining the class look at the end of this post. week9 This is it: A full body pose in a head … Continue reading
“Week 8 – simplifying clothes” is a strange title for a blog currently about a course treating of the head. But I have my orders: Glenn Vilppu seems to think I have most (not all) of the planes of the … Continue reading
It’s girls but not as we know them, Jim. “It’s girls but not as we know them, Jim.” Sorry for the bad Star Trek catch-phrase reuse (I’m a trekkie). But this week, I’m still working on my black and white, … Continue reading
6th week, and I’ve got something there (not on my nose) Squint! Do it, I mean it, and look around you. Harder… no, of course not to the point that you can’t read me anymore – very funny, ahum – … Continue reading
Big Masses (and I’m not talking about a diet) If there is one thing I learned last week, it’s that when you are drawing using only the blackest ink on the whitest paper, you need to have a perfect underlying … Continue reading
Nothing but ink stains (carefully done) on white paper Have you ever seen those ads for Photoshop plugins that “turn your picture into a hand-drawn work of art”? (add a choir singing Hallelujah in the background and a “before / … Continue reading