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Reading the book above, reminded me of these four books of his (shown below) that I also loved and highly recommend.
I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have not seen
I’ll be doing more of this. Maybe you want to give it a try too.
I recommend playing with charcoal: vine, compressed, and pencil, to get a range of marks and values. Maybe try it in your sketchbook?
The book is comprehensive and downright brilliant, while humble and helpful in tone. I endorse it with a hearty five stars.
Follow this simple step by step process when you are trying to draw something
Give yourself permission to get out there and give it a go.
You see and experience by doing them that perfectionism does not always yield the most interesting results!
Drawings I like flaunt an abbreviated short hand that is an approximation of the artist’s experience or view, hopefully with a little creativity thrown in.
Try contour and gesture drawing with me and read my insights on the process.
To continue on our sketchbook series, let’s look at doing contour drawings. Above you can see an example of a blind contour drawing, where it is against the rules to look at your paper or lift your pencil. You keep your eyes fully on the object you are drawing– here it was leaves from our … Read more
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I’ve looked at and read many of these survey art books. This one that I got from my library is considerably better than most.
Hands on homeschooling has many hours where I need to be present for the discussion of ideas or the supervision of work, but my hands can be busy.
My daughter was practicing timed gesture drawings so I tried a couple in solidarity with her. You are allowed five minutes for every two items in your still life… here are mine.
