QUICK 5 minute mini figurative study #9!
Any requests for nude figure studies in this book? Let me know in the comments👇🏻✨👋🏻
I have to work on my spacing and measuring wit...
2021-12-11 02:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK 5 minute mini figurative study #8!
This wee bound sketchbook is only up to eight studies, but will continue to be added to until all 40 odd pages are full, and then I'm thinking I'd lik...
2021-12-03 21:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Some more expressive, others more static, there's always things to notice and practice, whether it's the center line in motion and how to capture the expression of the body in space, or the way the...
2021-11-28 21:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostThere will be no 3x5 Friday post for today, as we are under the final push completing new work for a solo exhibition installing Monday.
(I'll be making some posts on figurative story-tel...
2021-11-27 02:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Some creatives love hands, others hate them. A lot of us simply struggle to feel confident about them. Which camp are you in, at this point in your practice?
I frankly love hands, and I still...
2021-11-21 19:17:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminiscent of the classic in-person gesture poses art program session with the model, these next two chapters for November cover a range of the kinds of poses I typically hold for warm ups and sho...
2021-11-21 19:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The nude with natural light is a favorite, for me. This set is vaguely Andrew Wyeth-esque, with it's window-pane shadow and muted, local color palette. Either work with the environment, or place th...
2021-11-21 18:47:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For November I will be sharing a variety of clothed figurative gesture poses reminiscent of the classic in-person art program sessions with the model. These were inspired by and made as a continuat...
2021-11-20 03:54:42 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK couple minute mini figurative study #7!
This one is less of a gesture and more of a tad more resolved figure sketch, but it's a study none the less, about five-ish minutes to put down. ...
2021-11-20 03:36:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not always possible to get an art model for our practice or professional work. It's not always affordable (speaking as an art model, fair pay is important), or you might live in an area where ...
2021-11-14 22:37:25 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK couple minute mini figurative gesture study #5!
Sultry, self-sovereign "s" curves. Women a fucking awesome.
It's relaxing to sweep and sway the rough, light mark-making of t...
2021-11-13 02:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK couple minute double page spread mini figurative gesture study #5!
The way a woman can be in her own moments, showering, bathing, being with herself, taking care of herself, raw and nat...
2021-11-06 01:47:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Figurative studies are always a worthwhile practice! This set is the first of many to come.
As stated in the Tier Two description, this closed session group includes nude figurative reference...
2021-10-31 18:07:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter TWO continues washer-woman theme and concludes the month!
This could be a "washer woman", from various parts of the world, or maybe a lost love, drowned love concept, or it could be a...
2021-10-31 17:47:38 +0000 UTC View Post
As a lead up to posting twelve new NUDE photo references for our 2nd tier group this Sunday, I'm sharing this preview page from my own 8x10" sketchbook of my own figure reference.
When ...
2021-10-30 00:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK couple minute double page spread mini figurative gesture study #4!
When the figure is partially obscured by fabric or supportive structure, it helps to find the anatomical markers of bo...
2021-10-29 20:29:30 +0000 UTC View Post
QUICK mini figurative gesture study #3, on this double page spread including figure study #2!
These are just a couple minutes in the making, no fuss, no frills. In figure three you can ...
2021-10-23 02:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Kicking off this first chapter with part one of our recent photo shoot, I wanted to offer a theme that could be incredibly diverse in direction or interpretation, but have a potential for reflectin...
2021-10-18 17:00:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up this week, our theme for the month is set with water and a flexible "washer woman" concept that can be interpreted in a myriad of ways, for illustration projects, fabric studies, lighting...
2021-10-18 04:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Following up on the introduction of a new segment exclusive to this platform, here's page TWO of my NEW 3x5" sketchbook featuring QUICK mini figurative gesture studies! These are just a couple minu...
2021-10-15 23:56:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm sharing a side-by-side example of all the things I see early students doing wrong when it comes to tackling deeper understanding of the human form, specifically the portrait, and my ow...
2021-10-10 18:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Introducing 3x5s, a segment for my patrons featuring this 3x5" bound sketchbook slated for quick, gestural figure studies from both life and imagination!
I'll be posting ever...
2021-10-07 01:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, these are open to interpretation; allow the illustrative story-teller within to take the reference where you feel so called. Whether she is a fantasy half-elf, or a Middle Earth Ithilien...
2021-10-05 04:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post
September's THEMED & COSTUMED European Huntress reference collection's Chapter TWO is now available!
As always, these are open to interpretation; allow the illustrative story-teller withi...
2021-09-26 20:50:47 +0000 UTC View Post
September's THEMED & COSTUMED figure reference shoot is European Huntress, released in "chapters", starting with our first batch of twelve images for Chapter One.
The titles for each them...
2021-09-18 18:46:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up - Our first theme for costumed, figurative reference includes this handmade traditional hickory long bow and historic, woodland garb. I'll be providing a series of multiple photo referenc...
2021-09-08 02:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post