In this lesson, I show you some of the ends and out around drawing and rendering hands.
Suggested homework:
Give the lesson ideas a test drive using the reference provided.
Have f...
2025-02-14 19:32:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson, I show you how to lay-in a figure so that it sets you up for success in the rendering stage.
Suggested Homework
Using the reference provided and my instruction, practice...
2025-02-07 20:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little demo on how to render in charcoal and not let the little details destroy the bigger structures.
Using the reference below, give it a try.
You'll work through the inevit...
2025-01-30 21:32:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Although Line doesn't truly exist in nature, it's a major staple of drawing anything, let alone the figure.
In this lesson, I explain how I think of line and several techniques that have serv...
2025-01-30 21:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson from DFL's client only archives, I show you how to use a very particular landscape painters' strategy for creating a more interesting atmosphere and environment.
Suggest...
2025-01-30 21:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Continuing the lesson on drawing heads in profile, I take you through the key elements of creating a solid 3-dimensional drawing.
Suggested Homework:
Using the provided im...
2024-12-12 21:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Drawing the head in profile can be deceptively difficult. In this first of a two part lesson, I show you some of the challenge involved and a few of the solutions needed.
Suggested Hom...
2024-11-27 19:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The Legs, and especially the lower calfs and ankles, are of critical importance to developing a convincing standing figure. They absolutely have to both support and propel the upper mass of the pos...
2024-11-21 19:12:49 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson we talk about the connective strategies of Art that mirror the connective strategies of both mundane and spiritual life. And it's these emotional truth that make Art so important and...
2024-11-21 19:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A well drawn hand is possibly the most challenging body of all.
In this first of two lessons, I show a strategy to move you towards mastering the hand's beautiful forms.
S...
2024-11-04 18:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post
This is Part 2 on how to simplify the process of drawing hands by a joint by joint construction method.
Suggested Homework:
Use the reference provided to construct the bas...
2024-11-04 17:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In Part 2, I show you how there are actually two perspective tilts to consider:
1. The tilting position of the form itself
2. The eye level of the artist/viewer to the form
<... 2024-10-18 21:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Perspective is one of those how-to skills that so many of us dread because it's so much like math and science.
The good news is that there is a simple intuitive approach that we figura...
2024-10-11 16:47:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Paying special attention to contour and overlap, practice constructing the eyes in 3/4 view.
Enjoy!
2024-10-01 17:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Building off the "How To Draw A Stabile Pose" lecture, in this training I show you how to draw action and balanced poses.
Suggested Homework:
Using the reference provided, practice both...
2024-10-01 16:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Few things are more frustrating than making a nice drawing. And then, as you step away from it, you realize the figure you poured your heart and soul into feels like it is falling off the page. 2024-10-01 16:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In this training, I teach you how to use charcoal in a way that clearly "sells the idea" of form in your drawings.
Suggested homework:
Using the reference provided, use th...
2024-10-01 15:17:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In this training, I show you how the feet have to ground our bodies into the world through their very particular structure.
Suggested Homework:
Using the reference provided, work unders...
2024-08-16 16:23:43 +0000 UTC View Post
When drawing a figure in deep perspective, it creates all kinds of challenges. Not the least of which isdefying the tyranny of the flat paper or canvas.
In this lesson, I show you some of the...
2024-08-16 16:21:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Concept art is about designing worlds. And It takes a very particular set of skills to be able to excel at it.
Not only a great imagination and memory around the real world. But also , the fo...
2024-08-06 17:18:05 +0000 UTC View Post
How many ways can you draw the same thing differently?
In this one, I unfortunately lost the first half of the lesson. My apologies.
In this lesson, I show you the first ...
2024-08-06 15:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson I show you how to use the shoulder blades to attach the arms and, just as importantly, to give 3-D structure to torso.
Suggested Homework:
Using the reference provided, p...
2024-07-03 15:13:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson, I show you how to break down the greater structures so that when you render the features they have a place to call home.
Suggested homework:
Using the port...
2024-06-24 15:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The forms, the architecture of the body just looks stiff and lifeless without understanding that everyone of those forms has energy imbued in each of their fundamental designs.
I was taught ...
2024-06-17 16:14:17 +0000 UTC View Post
(I don't switch you to the right screen until a little over 7 minutes in. Sorry about that. But luckily, you didn't miss anything important)
There are so many moving parts to the human...
2024-06-10 20:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It all starts with the placement of the ear. Followed by where the side of the head meets the back of the skull. And finally paying careful attention to Contours and Overlaps.
Suggested Homew...
2024-06-10 18:52:24 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson, I show you how to use Contour, Overlap, and Proportion to get that tricky 3/4 back view of the head.
Suggested homework:
Use the reference portfolio provided to practice...
2024-05-24 17:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Using the often under appreciated power of contours and overlaps, I take you through a simple approach to drawing the lips.
Using the reference provided, practice the above two strategies for...
2024-05-21 17:29:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a lesson from one of my client-only livestreams. Composition is all about bringing separate pieces together beautifully.
There's not that many things more difficult that bringin separ...
2024-05-10 22:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this lesson, I break down the basics around constructing a solid and effective eye without getting sucked down the rabbit hole of complexity.
Suggested Homework:
From from the refer...
2024-05-10 21:52:28 +0000 UTC View Post