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- You can’t wait for inspiration...(Jack London)
You can’t wait for inspiration...(Jack London)
Drawing Time: 20min Daily:)
You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”
Homework edition! Scroll to the end for some links to keep you busy through the weekend:)
Keep it Simple
Simple sketch of a young lady
Simple sketch of a man
Keep it Interesting
Graphite sketch of a woman
Graphite sketch of a man
Figure
Illustration sketch of a barefoot woman sauntering
Photo Portrait
Photo portrait of an old man out for a walk in his favorite hat and scarf
Flat-Scape
Illustration of a country side English manor house
Value-Scape
Grayscale value image of a mountain lake
Inspiration
Painting of an Asian man
Story book watercolor illustration of a waterfall
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Analog
Last week was all video links so I thought this Friday around we would go analog!
Only books…
Loomis: Drawing the Head and Hands The Loomis method is a classic and very effective approach for many artist. The link is to a free pdf. If you have trouble with it just google “Loomis Method Pdf” it’s posted multiple places.
Nicolaids “The Natural Way to Draw” Another classic but quite different approach to drawing. He writes: “Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see correctly and that means a good deal more than looking with the eye”. (The link is to Amazon)
Mann Vol. 1.7 The Sketchbooks There is something addictive about getting to dig through another artists sketchbook. Which is great when artists publish them! Its a chance for us to support fellow artists (with out spending 5k on a painting) and lets us learn as we watch their visual progress through the pages of their personal and intimate sketch book (Links to artist website)
Alla Prima - Schmid JIC for the 2 or 3 people out there who don’t already have this book. Primarily for painters, there is a great section on drawing however. (Links to artist website) Some gems:
“Contrary to popular belief, it is the mouth, not the eyes, that conveys the majority of facial expression”
“More over, it is not easy to identify shapes when the indistinct edges and blend into other shapes. Nevertheless, that is what must be done, because painting the innocence in a childs expression is impossible, but painting the pattern of colors that create the expression is possible”
Sketching in Nature - Cathy Johnson If you’ve ever wanted to fill up your own nature sketch book, wandering the forest like Thoreau and taking notes, then you’ll like this book. It’s A to Z coverage so good for the beginner and expert alike.
All these books are in my library (except for the Loomis PDF, which I printed out years ago so still counts as analog!). But one more book that I haven’t read, I just bought it today: Stonehouse's Anatomy This looks like a fun one, written by an illustrator but it’s in depth anatomy so I expect a lot of crossover for fine arts (Links to SuperAni website).
Have a super great wonderful art filled weekend!
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