I asked Shruti Ghatak, one of our instructors at the League, if there were any interesting books she was reading. Shruti: “Currently I am reading ‘The Shape of Content’ by Ben Shahn.” “Love the first paragraph! Shahn wrote about the practice and purpose of art with such clarity!” “This reminds me of my mentor Graham …
Below is a video by Proko showing a brief overview of basic drawing supplies, and a demo for how to hand sharpen a soft charcoal pencil. He explains what the weird sandpaper thingy is for.
Figure drawing offers artists a never ending series of challenges and inspirations for the artist. In my figure drawing classes we try a different approach every week, so students strengthen many different aspects of drawing, all in a single class. In drawing sessions, we have focused on how to measure proportions and useful landmarks in …
In recent posts, we talked about Cezanne’s process. In particular, we talked about the process seen in Cezanne’s drawings. Yesterday, in figure drawing class, we looked at how Cezanne tends to make short marks when he draws. Those short marks accumulate into longer contours and form descriptions, but they don’t trap or the whole object …
Gerhard Richter: Candles
Gerhard Richter is a German painter, a rare genre splitter whose squeegee abstracts are just as respected and challenging as his photorealistic works.
These candle paintings are oil on canvas, about 30 to 55 inches wide, painted in the 1980s.
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I asked Shruti Ghatak, one of our instructors at the League, if there were any interesting books she was reading. Shruti: “Currently I am reading ‘The Shape of Content’ by Ben Shahn.” “Love the first paragraph! Shahn wrote about the practice and purpose of art with such clarity!” “This reminds me of my mentor Graham …
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Below is a video by Proko showing a brief overview of basic drawing supplies, and a demo for how to hand sharpen a soft charcoal pencil. He explains what the weird sandpaper thingy is for.
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Figure drawing offers artists a never ending series of challenges and inspirations for the artist. In my figure drawing classes we try a different approach every week, so students strengthen many different aspects of drawing, all in a single class. In drawing sessions, we have focused on how to measure proportions and useful landmarks in …
Student Works: Abstracted figure drawings inspired by Cezanne
In recent posts, we talked about Cezanne’s process. In particular, we talked about the process seen in Cezanne’s drawings. Yesterday, in figure drawing class, we looked at how Cezanne tends to make short marks when he draws. Those short marks accumulate into longer contours and form descriptions, but they don’t trap or the whole object …