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Category: GN: Basic Drawing
Drawing Proportions Correctly
February 10, 2015 Seeing Proportions Drawing accurately begins with seeing accurately. As an artist learning to draw, you must train your eyes to see…
Post Mar 3, 20205 Drawing Exercises That Every Artist Should Practice
Continuous Contour Line Drawing A Continuous Contour Line Drawing is an exercise to help us focus on the line. The idea here is to…
Post Mar 2, 2020Perspective: How to Use 1 and 2 Point Perspectives in Art
Perspective is considered to be one of the fundamental components of drawing. A beginner artist may think that it only has to be mastered…
Post Feb 28, 2020Drawing (Shading)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zc1xVS_X7Q What is shading in art? With visual arts—especially pencil drawing—shading is very much necessary to bring depth to your work, adding dimension and…
Post Feb 28, 2020Drawing (blocking In)
https://youtu.be/lPAMUksN-Ic A block-in is a light sketch of your whole composition before any details or shading are done to make sure it’s placed correctly…
Post Feb 13, 2020Geometric Line Drawings
Hans Thiemann Assignment In your sketchbook complete the following: Create a simple geometric shape using a ruler.Create and build multiple shapes within it.Create intersecting…
Post Feb 4, 2020Perspective and POV
Determine a Point of View Where are you standing in relation to the objects you see? What is your point of view? Do you…
Post Feb 4, 2020Still Life Drawings and Shading Techniques
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Post Jan 20, 2020A History of Drawing
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. –Paul Klee Drawing is fundamental to all other art. It is how artists structure, plan…
Post Jan 20, 2020The Elements of Art
In order to understand any field, it’s important to have a solid foundation from which to grow. For visual art, this means understanding the…
Post Nov 25, 2019Drawing the Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPNYWeEf1U
Post Nov 20, 2019Tutorial: Razvan’s gesture drawing technique
Step 1: I start off my gesture with a rough line showing the main action of the figure, from the head throught the torso…
Post Nov 13, 2019Figure Drawing I
Sensitive Content Warning: Areas of the human body have been obscured. However, please keep in mind that we are working with the human figure.…
Post Oct 11, 2019Everyday Objects to Imaginary Constructs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOoZ5Tuh2o Behind the Scenes of Star Wars Episode I: Using Inspiration of one object to create another. In this assignment, we will be exploring…
Post Oct 2, 2019Cuboid Project – Midterm
https://youtu.be/nAlCyQqEZSU UPDATE: Hello class, Please review this revised blog entry concerning the midterm. I added images and drawings to illustrate the kind of constructs…
Post Sep 25, 2019Additional Supplies and Final Artwork
Again, I'm sorry for having missed class today. September 25th, 2019. I would like the class to begin production on finished pictures. I am…
Post Sep 9, 2019Paper Airplane Assignment
Paper Airplane Assignment: Fold a paper airplane, place it in front of you & draw from direct observation as accurately as you can. ADD FULL SHADING…
Post Sep 9, 2019Doodling at work could help you be more productive
Scribbling in the margins of your notebook—which you probably perfected in 7th grade—can have surprising effects on your work. BY SARAH LINDENFELD HALL5 MINUTE READ…
Post Aug 23, 2019Still Life Photos
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