The amusement park dark ride that I’ve been working on has a large open front where people can get into the vehicles (wheelchairs) that carry…
My color memory is such that I can go to a fabric store and quite accurately remember the colors and patterns that are in my…
Now I put my collection of reference images to work. Using the magic of Photoshop Elements, I make a quick photo collage using just the…
Reference images are crucial for translating a line drawing into a realistic art quilt. With my intended plan for a 3’ high x 11’ length…
I’m using a grid behind tracing paper for my drawings now. Newsprint was for quick sketches. Now I want to have a surface that will…
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 is my go-to for figure drawing reference. The simplified human anatomy, along with details of expression, age, clothing, gender differences are directly out of…
An imaginative world requires convincing size, shape and space in order to be believable. Photographs can give me the basics of how something looks –…
How do you figure out how a funhouse warped mirror image will look like? Photoshop Elements! There are all sorts of “Filter” effects that can…
My photogenic family, looking our best!I remembered that we took photos at a boardwalk amusement hall in New Jersey. These might be handy references for…
Even when I am not concerned about copyright infringement as I know that the final form will be a far cry from any original source,…
A carved wooden dragon traveled home with me from Thailand. It will be the model for the dragons I want to air-brush. I sketched out…
Amusement carnival art may have a certain naivety but also a definitive “look” to it. Bright color, outlining, bold imagery often with condensed space in…