What if your body was made of roiling waters, agitated riffles, and gentle currents?
What if every contour, every edge of a shadow, every lock of hair was drawn with a river in m...
2022-10-28 12:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Composition is about connecting what seems separate to a greater whole…
To a greater community!
Here’s the beautiful truth…
I believe, Art is not mainly about crafting any â...
2022-10-26 16:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Art, as you've probably heard me sy many times, is not mainly about simple how-to craftsmanship...
It's much more about understanding Art's connective strategies and how they refle...
2022-10-24 18:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The Gesture of the Composition.
Just like a Realistic figure drawing has a Structure (the matter) and a Gesture (the energy)...
So do most classically based Composition.
The most ...
2022-10-24 18:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post
FIGURE DRAWING PRO TIP!
Are your figures too posed?
Too static?
If you want to put those bodies in motion, imagine each body's Triangle...
2022-10-20 15:22:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A wonderful TEDTalk that had a real impact on me. I hope it does for you as well!
As you watch this one, keep in mind current studies show that our creativity peaks at about 4-5 ye...
2022-10-16 11:23:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Imagination is the beginning of creation.
George Bernard Shaw wrote that.
We create our world one decision at a time.
Every one of us has goals.
Those that succee...
2022-10-15 16:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post
What beautiful idea is going to fuel the marks you make today?
Have fun!
2022-10-09 14:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Artists are folks with beautiful ideas about the world...
Artists don't draw an arm. They draw their idea. So the real path to leveling up is getting very clear about your ideas......
2022-10-07 16:26:30 +0000 UTC View Post
After getting some control of the big simple structures of the head, we want to study and become fluent in the smaller but still critical structures:
1. The Forehead
2. The Cheekbones 2022-10-03 20:13:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Suggested Homework---
Warm up sketching a body part that you're relatively confident in...
Then choose a challenge. Don't try to render the details. Try to li...
2022-09-23 18:34:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Suggested Homework--
Pick a simple body part, or if you're early in your journey, a SINGLE SIMPLE SHAPE like a Cylinder.
Draw your choice AS SIMPLY AS YOU CAN...
Then r...
2022-09-21 17:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Your Suggested Homework--
Practice 5-10 minutes most days drawing each Structure you see in the Body with a LONG AXIS CURVE including the CORE SHADOW EDGE.
...
2022-09-16 17:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your Suggested Homework Assignment:
To find the Structure--
Practice drawing out of your head Simple, Yet Characteristic Forms while trying to call out all three Posit...
2022-09-12 21:39:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Your Suggested Homework:
Practice from the reference provided and/or out of your head the Idea of Box Logic.
"Simply" draw...
1. The Shape of th...
2022-09-12 21:38:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's You Suggested Homework Assignment:
Practice the Idea of Different Value Different Plane on simple constructed shapes from imagination or reference.
The biggest bang for your buck...
2022-09-12 21:37:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your Suggested Homework Assignment:
From the reference I've provided or from your imagination, practice the Three-Step process provided in the training.
Do it, at first, on very ...
2022-09-12 21:35:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ear does real work in explaining the Head's Three-Dimensional Position.
Practice several basis Head constructions, payin...
2022-09-12 21:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Your Suggested Homework Assignment:
Ear does real work in explaining the Head's Three-Dimensional Position.
As you sketch out several head construction in v...
2022-09-12 21:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Your Suggested Homework Assignment:
Studyfinds.org is the site I mentioned for all sorts of interesting research on human and social behavior, mental health and far beyond.
Most ...
2022-09-12 21:03:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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If we really want to have the best chance of achieving our goals and that means we need to build Motivation into our Art Practice...
More joy....
2022-09-12 21:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your suggested Homework Assignment:
In this assignment, I want you to practice finding the balance between just how Simple you can construct that "thing" and how Characteristic it need...
2022-09-12 20:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you haven't got one yet, get yourself a mindset journal.
The Rich take two very effective actions --
1. T...
2022-09-12 20:57:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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Leveraging the creative breakthroughs of the old masters is one of the very best ways to level up at speed.
They made th...
2022-09-12 20:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Your Suggested Homework Assignment:
Start a mindset journal! It's a great return on your time investment.
Begin writing down those things you're grateful for. And what you're exc...
2022-09-12 20:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Suggested Homework Assignment:
Using the reference provided, find the Beanbag design in the Torso. In this way, you're drawing the Structure and the Gesture -- the character and the conn...
2022-09-12 20:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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Only play with this once you're very comfortable with our box logo, two-value system of creating light and shadow.
The power of the...
2022-09-12 20:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Suggested Homework Assignment:
The Path to World Class is paved by both the leveling up both skill sets and you mindsets. I call them Skill Stacks and Mind Stacks.
I'm g...
2022-09-12 20:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post