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Extended Time Still Life

This week 8th graders started working on an extended time still life. They will —for the first time — be required to put 8 hours into the same graphite drawing while learning to find a point of view, add details and hit at least 5 different values.

Brush Pen Practice

Valentines

Glasses

The 7th graders at my school are doing graphite selfies using a grid. They were photographed wearing sun glasses. The assignment is to created something colorful in the lens that shows their personality.

Art Trading Cards

On days that I have small pockets of time, I make Art Trading Cards. These are the ATCs I made from January 16 to January 31. Artist trading cards are 2 1⁄2 by 3 1⁄2 inches (64 mm × 89 mm) in size, the same format as modern trading cards such as sports or gameContinue reading “Art Trading Cards”

10 Things in 20 Minutes

Danny Gregory leads a weekly Draw With Me on YouTube, usually on Thursdays. Danny Gregory is the author of a lot of best-selling books on creativity and drawing and he is also one of the co-founders of Sketchbook Skool. You can learn more about his work at dannygregory.com and dannygregorysblog.com.

People Drawing People WK1

There is no one way of drawing people. Every one has their own style, technique and way of seeing. I am taking an online class at the Sketchbook Skool called People Drawing People to develop my skills. After that I can think about “style”. The five week course features seven instructors, five of the demonstratingContinue reading “People Drawing People WK1”

Yesterday’s Hands

Ten hands to go to reach 100.

The Master Project #1

Robert Kaupelis in his book Experimental Drawing wrote, “To experience and extend both your appreciation of drawing and your ability to delineate form through the meaningful making of marks, for this first problem, I am going to ask you to begin with an old or modern master drawing. I believe that it is important toContinue reading “The Master Project #1”

January 2018 Sketchbook

I found a pocket size watercolor sketchbook that I filled doing daily prompts in January 2018. Here are some of the images that I like.