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:
1907-1997 Look how the grain of the wood became the courtyard gravel. I love when rather than making a material pretend to be something different, a material is a material, and just a little bit more. I have been looking at Kiyoshi’s woodblock prints. He was most famous for his “Winter in Aizu” series. Sorry …
Anthony Eyton was born May 17, 1923. He is a British figurative painter working in the post-Impressionist tradition. He started studying art in 1941, his studies delayed by the war, and then returned to his education at the Camberwell School of Art, completing in 1950. Eyton was Head of Painting at St Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario in …
Some people need a little extra push to get them to sit and draw. I’m one of those people. I’m a chronic multi-tasker. I tend to be scattered, I take on too much, and whatever I’m doing I feel like I should be doing something else. One very potent and wonderful invitation to focus is …
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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