The sky has been composed above the “Not Yet Dead” attraction. Now to lay the groundwork. Again, I must keep in mind the width of…
Precious creations are dangerous. Becoming attached to what you’ve made, either because of the look of it or because of knowing what it took to…
Every budding artist should observe Tangent Awareness Day! The ability to spot this space killing compositional flaw will improve one’s art immensely and is something…
Two bad boys are about to come to life. This should be fun! First, a hunt through Google images to find two figures that seem…
Please excuse me if you are seeing a second copy of this post. I’ve been doing some website revisions, so this post might get replicated!…
My imagery of a funhouse with a rolling barrel entrance perfectly represents the inviting rabbit hole of the internet, but this amusement park attraction needs…
A lot of geometry going on here. it will be no easy thing to draw a funhouse entrance barrel convincingly. It is a basic cylinder…
Here’s some crucial info that completely escaped me until lately: People of similar heights standing on flat ground, arranged from closest to farthest away, will…
The size of a human figure is often shown in “heads”. Height: 7 ½ heads, Width: 2 heads, Arm length: 3 ¾ heads, Crotch: ½…
This perspective grid is what I’ll use for my drawing. There are many kinds of simple grids available for free on the internet. Try using…
The artist John Lee granted permission for me to use his drawing in this post as a good example of the type of extended visual…
You can get lost in all the information about perspective drawing that is available on Google. I had never used a perspective grid, but I…
How do you become a better artist, a better anything? Identify what needs improvement, then learn and practice.I need to study up on perspective drawing…
Yes, this is a self-portrait – from 1979! (Don’t ya just love those big eyeglasses?) It’s a first attempt at etching. We were given discarded…
To work on the dragons, I’ll need to protect what I’ve already done. I need to make some small areas of color, and tracing vellum…