Diebenkorn-inspired drawing with Procreate, Ruthie V.
Today my art buddy Lendy and I took some photos to practice for our “Draw like Diebenkorn” workshop this weekend. We set up some still lifes, and I took some selfies. I don’t have a camera with a tripod in my apartment so I used my laptop’s Photo Booth feature. For anyone who has used this before, you know that you have exactly 2.9 seconds after you press the button to sprint to the other side of the room, hit a pose, and attempt to look relaxed. I took 32 photos, and most of them are of me trying to rapidly adjust myself. I finally got a couple Diebenkorn-similar poses that were good enough for practice. This was a relief. My legs couldn’t have done another sprint across the room.
Now with some images, I realized I hadn’t prepared myself with standard drawing supplies, so I decided to see what I could do with my new Procreate digital painting tools.
With the figurative drawing, I experimented with a couple different pens and pencils on the digital tool. Luckily, scribbling came easy. My rushed pose had an awkwardly high leg, but the digital tool made it easy for me to move it down. With Diebenkorn style, I decided to leave the marks from the previously drawn leg, which helped I think.
Diebenkorn-inspired drawing with Procreate, Ruthie V.
The still life was more difficult. I tried watercolor brush, and that was good, but what really gave me a fun texture was the fresco brush. I altered sizes and opacities as I went. Adding layers made it easy to make changes, and erase parts but not entire areas. I admit I used the undo button quite a bit, but not for the aim of perfection (clearly). I used it more to work with a more relaxed impulsive rhythm, and once I saw my mark was too dark, too big, or in the wrong place I just tapped it out. What a luxury!!! I didn’t have to worry. I just played.
Diebenkorn-inspired drawing with Procreate, Ruthie V.
Poor Lendy. She had to use an eraser for her “real paper” drawing.
Diebenkorn-inspired drawing, charcoal on paper, Lendy Hensley
You can see a very, very large collection of Diebenkorn sketches here and here. Putting together these collections of over 100 sketches, I learned a lot about Diebenkorn’s composition preferences. I’ll talk about those during the workshops.
Doorzien – a Dutch word translated as “to see through.” In dutch art, doorzien referred to a painting that showed a view from one room into another, making the picture especially beautiful. I wish I knew what movie it was, but some time long ago I was in a college film class. The instructor showed us …
Whatever you have is fine. Really. You don’t need to feel bad or unprepared if you don’t have a #6 brush. You don’t need it. What you need is around you, at your feet. You need that scrap of paper from the bin, the broken plate, the corner of your dirty shirt, and some beet …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! People sometimes ask me what painters I like, what paintings I’m inspired by. The paintings tend to be figurative, and lately, they tend to be sexy. Sometimes I choose them for what happens in the paint, sometimes I choose them for what happens with the subject. Often there is a personality in …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10521″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I posted some paintings of feet recently. Here is something to cleanse the olfactory palette: Flowers in pots, by Odilon Redon – a French symbolist painter who lived from 1929–1983. Symbolist painters believed that art should reflect an emotion or idea rather than represent the natural world with realism or …
Draw like Diebenkorn …with Procreate
Today my art buddy Lendy and I took some photos to practice for our “Draw like Diebenkorn” workshop this weekend. We set up some still lifes, and I took some selfies. I don’t have a camera with a tripod in my apartment so I used my laptop’s Photo Booth feature. For anyone who has used this before, you know that you have exactly 2.9 seconds after you press the button to sprint to the other side of the room, hit a pose, and attempt to look relaxed. I took 32 photos, and most of them are of me trying to rapidly adjust myself. I finally got a couple Diebenkorn-similar poses that were good enough for practice. This was a relief. My legs couldn’t have done another sprint across the room.
Now with some images, I realized I hadn’t prepared myself with standard drawing supplies, so I decided to see what I could do with my new Procreate digital painting tools.
With the figurative drawing, I experimented with a couple different pens and pencils on the digital tool. Luckily, scribbling came easy. My rushed pose had an awkwardly high leg, but the digital tool made it easy for me to move it down. With Diebenkorn style, I decided to leave the marks from the previously drawn leg, which helped I think.
The still life was more difficult. I tried watercolor brush, and that was good, but what really gave me a fun texture was the fresco brush. I altered sizes and opacities as I went. Adding layers made it easy to make changes, and erase parts but not entire areas. I admit I used the undo button quite a bit, but not for the aim of perfection (clearly). I used it more to work with a more relaxed impulsive rhythm, and once I saw my mark was too dark, too big, or in the wrong place I just tapped it out. What a luxury!!! I didn’t have to worry. I just played.
Poor Lendy. She had to use an eraser for her “real paper” drawing.
You can see a very, very large collection of Diebenkorn sketches here and here. Putting together these collections of over 100 sketches, I learned a lot about Diebenkorn’s composition preferences. I’ll talk about those during the workshops.
Draw like Diebenkorn Workshop, April 11
Paint like Diebenkorn Workshop, May 9/16
Spring classes start this week!
Digital Painting with Procreate, Wednesday Morning (Shortie) $95
Digital Painting with Procreate, Saturday Morning (Shortie) $95
Landscape Painting with Procreate, Wednesday Morning (Shortie) $95
Portrait Painting with Procreate, Saturday Morning (Shortie) $95
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