Throughout our lives we seek to balance those dreams and goals that we so precariously carry. But we cannot plan for events beyond our control, whether in the form of…
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Project 4.5: The Head and Portrait
Exercise 8: Facial Features Like anyone, I struggle with likeness. But I’ve drawn so many faces at this point that I can fairly quickly just sketch random heads. In fact,…
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This would be so much easier if the pandemic wasn’t back into full swing, here, with Omicron — as well as not being the middle of winter. I’m not really…
Continue readingProject 4.3: Fabric, form and movement
Exercise 5: Drawing fabric using line and tone I chose a couple of my attempts to show here, due to how my thinking changed as I drawing. Subject is a…
Continue readingProject 4.2: Underlying Structure and Proportion
Research 4b: Skeletal Structure and Musculature When I’m studying poses, I often step back and draw armatures or draw out skeleton and simplified muscle plans. It is often combined with…
Continue readingReflections: Part 3
My tutor and I had another wide ranging discussion on Art. A key focus of the discussion was around considering the focal area of the drawing. Where do I want…
Continue readingProject 4.1: Form and Proportion
Figure drawing. This is where I started my art journey, originally by pursuing a goal of drawing comics. Its interesting to see how things have changed. Most weekends, still, I…
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