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Filmed the next lesson

Filmed the next lesson, recording the demo tonight. 

What do I do when I have unfinished pieces, but want to start a new one?

I just start them. 

Sometimes there's this pressure to finish something before moving on to the next thing. I think that thats good because it forces you to just work through it to get t...

Practicing Fundamentals through Experimentation and doodling

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Coming to life

grattage: surrealist painting technique

experimenting with the technique of grattage and talking about fear and stuff.

Teeny weenie portraits.

3.5x3.5 portraits in gouache. Need to select one for a show in June. Have one frame that fits them need to find more frames.

Doodling vs. Drawing

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Experimenting with Charcoal and Graphite Intro to Drawing Bad Art

In this video I will talk about the importance of experimenting in my artwork and how it is important to experiment and doodle while learning the fundamentals. I'm also going to be doing more lesso...

Experimental drawing with charcoal timelapse

Experimenting with Charcoal/Graphite-Intro to drawing bad art

going to break up the fundamentals videos with experimentation ideas videos. Its good to keep a balance between experimenting and practicing the technical stuff.

Here's a few ideas of how to ...

Atmospheric depth drawings

graphite on mixed media paper 12x9 inches

I'm really happy with this drawing. but...

touching up the drawing from the lost demo :( 

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One way to think about contrast

reenforcing and deemphasizing ideas.

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On inspiration

Clip from the atmospheric drawing demo

Gouache sketch I just did

Will be a future video

Going to make clips from the longer demos

Bad Art Drawing-Walk through of the Depth with Contrast and Atmosphere Demo Drawings

This was going to be just a walkthrough of the finished drawings, but I ended up continuing to work on them. There's some good stuff in here. You'll also get a better look at the drawing from the f...

Calling it here

Pass number 4. Closing in on the underpainting. Title suggestions?

Creating Depth using atmosphere and contrast

Bad art drawing course demo 2 creating depth using atmosphere and contrast.

Atmospheric perspective time-lapse

Abstract/surreal fantastic landscape using atmospheric perspective/contrast to create depth.

I have a longer video coming soon. I filmed a full demo that I felt great about, then when I went ...

Going to call it here tonight

Depth pt. 1 - Contrast

In this lesson we will start talking about how to create depth in a drawing. the most intuitive way to add depth to me has always been through contrast. I will explore how contrast does this and th...

How to start from a blank canvas

I might do a longer video on this subject. But I started a new piece tonight so I did a quick little video about it.

In short the best way to start from a blank canvas is to bring something ...

A little before and after

Put this one on the easel tonight. It’s been a long day/week. So I wanted to paint something that had no purpose.

A few more pareidolia drawings I did

First drawing prompt-Pareidolia

take a photo of an abstract texture such as a stained street, a cracked wall, close up of a rock etc. then draw what you see in it using your pareidolia.

The deadline is going to be April 8th...

Preview drawing for the next intro to bad drawing lesson

Suggest me topics

What would you like to see me make videos about? 

For now I'm sticking with the drawing fundamentals stuff to keep it simple. but I want to start collecting ideas for future videos.

Some of the other paintings I have going

I also have to start 2 paintings that have deadlines