This post is from Barry Berridge, a returning student who is currently in my beginning drawing class.
Advice from a beginning drawing student
I wanted to share an observational drawing habit I started this month that might also help other beginners:
There’s a coffee shop super close to my apartment with lots of cool plants and funky shaped objects. One day I realized I could use my little coffee breaks to get some quick 5 – 10min observational sketches in, so I started bringing a 3.5 x 5 inch sketch book with me instead of my phone. I don’t compel myself to make a “good drawing”, I just try to record what I see. I’ve been doing it most days this month and can alright feel improvement in my observational skills. Here are some of my sketches:
The following is text from my interview of Fran O’Neill, Oct 6, 2020. I asked Fran to share some of the historical artworks she regards as masterworks. She talked about what she sees as the magic of transcriptions. “There’s a whole mystery that is incredible about works from the past, and unlocking some of that …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”9047″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Eleanora Duse When looking at John Singer Sargent’s “effortless” portraits, I often wonder how long he actually spent on each. He wanted the painting to look fresh, with an economy of brush strokes, so a painting that looks like it was done in one …
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Advice from a beginning drawing student
This post is from Barry Berridge, a returning student who is currently in my beginning drawing class.
Advice from a beginning drawing student
I wanted to share an observational drawing habit I started this month that might also help other beginners:
There’s a coffee shop super close to my apartment with lots of cool plants and funky shaped objects. One day I realized I could use my little coffee breaks to get some quick 5 – 10min observational sketches in, so I started bringing a 3.5 x 5 inch sketch book with me instead of my phone. I don’t compel myself to make a “good drawing”, I just try to record what I see. I’ve been doing it most days this month and can alright feel improvement in my observational skills. Here are some of my sketches:
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