[image_with_animation image_url=”9462″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This is the second part of a multi day series, sharing work by my beginning figure drawing classes. Many of these students have never taken a drawing class before, almost all of them are new to figure drawing.
Rather than learning one style, I offer a completely different stylistic approach every session. We’ve done straight line measures, site sizing, envelopes, kites, mass shapes, shadows, gestures, contours, volume, cross-hatching, and more. Today I’m posting a few “Chocolate Bar Drawings,” so named because the side of conte was used, and the brown looked like it was made from a bar of chocolate.
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Alan Honick contributed a beautiful photograph of his collection of moon snails. His statement described walks on the beach, and how the number of shells found by his friend decreased and eventually ended in the last fifteen years. The shells were beautiful, arranged in the spiral as they grow… or dwindle. The story was simple, …
As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
Ruthie V. Some Pretty Paintings A collection of figures and flowers in paintings and prints Artist talk Saturday at 3:30pm (TODAY!) yak yak yak yak juxtaposition yak yak yak sexy flowers yak yak yak Opening Reception to follow 5:00-7:00pm Show open through January 27, 2019 Smith & Vallee Gallery 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison (360) 766-6230 Open Daily …
Beginner’s Drawings That’ll Knock Your Socks Off (Part 2)
[image_with_animation image_url=”9462″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This is the second part of a multi day series, sharing work by my beginning figure drawing classes. Many of these students have never taken a drawing class before, almost all of them are new to figure drawing.
Rather than learning one style, I offer a completely different stylistic approach every session. We’ve done straight line measures, site sizing, envelopes, kites, mass shapes, shadows, gestures, contours, volume, cross-hatching, and more. Today I’m posting a few “Chocolate Bar Drawings,” so named because the side of conte was used, and the brown looked like it was made from a bar of chocolate.
Enjoy.
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