Day 12: Tin cans and the impossibility of ellipses
The other day I mentioned accuracy in drawing and how important this technical ability is for creating convincing pictures. Often guidebooks mention that the secret to »
Day 11: Seeing the wood for the trees
A week ago I joined a local drawing class as we ventured into a nearby wood and did our best to capture the spirit of the »
Day 10: Moving onto overlapping objects
A suggestion, from my guide book, it that once you've attempted a few contour drawings of individual objects then it's useful to move onto groups of »
Day 9: Carrots are very hard to draw
I've been reading the third chapter of Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner and it's all about accuracy. By this I mean refining your ability »
Day 8: Crazy looking chef upside-down
One recurring theme from the book which I'm following (Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner) is the importance of practice, practice and practice. Every time »
Day 7: Looking to the vegetable drawer
A week into this project and I've produced some interesting if not wholly realistic drawings. What I do like about this process it's possible to find »
Day 6: Another ordinary object in contours
Part of my learning process is to see things as they are and this, for a start, involves creating a number of contour drawings. Principally I »
Day 5: Kitchen utensils in wireframe
The skill that I'm trying to master at the moment is being able to view objects as they really are and to observe where there are »
Day 4: Drawing trees in the woods
Today my learning took a different path as I joined a group of like-minded students for a drawing session in our local woodland. The reason for »
Day 3: Contour drawing of an onion
Moving on from learning to see as an artist Claire Watson Garcia's next step is to introduce three-dimensional objects and capturing these through contours. The principle »