Category: Coursework

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I had held off reflecting on the feedback from my second assignment. Partly, because I didn’t know how, and partly because I was caught up in vacation planning. My intent…

Research: John Virtue and Deanna Petherbridge John Virtue The artist, I think, is painting the idea of London. While editing and moving the cityscape, without the traffic, and the people…

This post is unfinished. As I progress through, I’ll collect my process and thoughts here. Exercise 5: Fore, Middle, and Background Reflecting on this drawing, there are definitely pieces I…