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They Can Be Moody, Too

I'll admit that in the past I have been guilty of thinking of colored pencil art as colorful and bright and not necessarily able to be coupled with serious subjects or moody narratives. But that was my own bias. As I've spent time looking at sketchbooks...

Published 4 Feb 2013 12:12 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, figure drawing, pencil drawing, sketching, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
And Don't You Ever Forget It

I'm an artistic omnivore to be sure, but there is really nothing I love more and respond to more than pencil drawings. I know, the humble pencil and paper seems so simple, so basic. But what some forego and forget as too elementary, I see as essential...

Published 31 Dec 2012 12:08 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, sketching, shading, Drawing Basics, Art
Don’t Be Camera Shy! Here’s Your Free eBook on Using a Photo Reference in Your Art

Almost every artist I know who depicts people or creates portraits has spent time painting from photographs or drawing from them. It may not be how they develop a work foremost, but it is a useful method, especially when you want to capture a likeness...

Published 10 Aug 2012 12:56 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: pencil drawing, Artist Daily, sketching, Painting, Drawing Basics, Photo Reference, Art
This Sci-Fi Guru Can Draw

I'm totally a sci-fi junkie and H.R. Giger is truly a master artist in the genre of fantastic realism. I first came across his work through his designs for Alien . Lately, with the release of Prometheus , his art came up on my radar again. Now, his...

Published 1 Aug 2012 1:25 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: pencil drawing, sketching, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Ink Drawing, Art, ink Drawing Basics
Soft Lines and No Tension

I'm not a napping kind of person. When I'm up, I'm up and I want to be doing something or on the go. That's usually the kind of body drawing that I'm pulled to as well--muscles torqued, body indicating action, and an underlying sense...

Published 27 Jul 2012 12:57 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, pencil drawing, life drawing, drawing anatomy, Artist Daily, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art
You Could Use Some Color: New Free eBook on Colored Pencil Techniques

I don't care what anyone says, color is king. It makes everything better--more appealing and lively. Oftentimes in an artist's drawing practice, a sense of color takes a backseat to the black, white, and gray of charcoal or graphite. But that...

Published 13 Jul 2012 1:36 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Color, Art, colored pencil
The Agony and the Ecstasy

A few weeks ago an artist friend of mine rotated his wrist and made a wincing face after he had finished working on a quick pencil drawing , and it made me realize that drawing isn't just fun and games. It can cause strain in the hand, wrist, elbow...

Published 5 Apr 2012 10:18 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art
Will This Work Even If I Hate Geometry?

Cube figures allow me to focus on the basic shapes of the body. This can lead to a better understanding of the body's form and the creation of works that are incredibly natural, such as Lea Colie Wight's drawing, Kate , conte on paper, 17 x 23...

Published 6 Mar 2012 10:47 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, pencil drawing, Drawing Basics, Art
Can You Outgrow Your Art?

Train Tracks by Valerio D'Ospina, 2011, oil on melamined MDF, 30 x 24. Some artists such as Jackson Pollock discover and use their own visual language to communicate with the world, and this singular voice takes them through an entire career of putting...

Published 15 Nov 2011 10:21 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Can a Caricature Help My Portrait Painting? Plus Our Self-Portrait Contest!

The Grimaces by Louis-Leopold Boilly, 1823, lithograph, 13 1/8 x 10. A few weeks ago I was in the Met and saw "Infinite Jest," an exhibition of drawings and prints that explore satire and caricature from the Italian Renaissance to the present...

Published 3 Nov 2011 10:17 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, Portrait Painting, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Ink Drawing, Art, street art, Drawing Faces
Make It Come Alive, But Not Like Frankenstein

Stacy in Chalk by Rob Liberace, chalk pencil drawing, 14 x 22. I wholeheartedly believe that a drawing of a human figure should look like it has the potential for physical movement and action. Not a creepy, unnatural animation, but more of a direct relation...

Published 5 Jul 2011 10:33 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: figure drawing, pencil drawing, life drawing, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art
Sketch Away: Our Newest Free eBook of Pencil Drawing Lessons

The drama of this charcoal and pencil drawing by Lilian Wescott Hale is in the bold contrast of value of the figure's skin, dress, and hair. I love all kinds of art: super complicated installations, amazing marble sculptures, and virtuosic canvases...

Published 19 Jun 2011 10:30 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, pencil drawing, sketching, Drawing Basics, Art
I Need a GPS for Drawing Faces

Drawing a face is a little like reading a map. And no, not the cool Indiana Jones map where the red line draws itself to the destination and ‘X’ marks the spot. I wish! It is more that when learning how to draw people, there are a few “signposts” on the face and rules of thumb about facial feature measurements that can steer you in the right direction so you don’t get lost when drawing faces, as I often have. Here are a few that I learned from artist and writer Dan Gheno that I wanted to share with you.
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Published 14 Jun 2011 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, pencil drawing, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
And the Award Goes to...

I've been waiting all my life to have a red-carpet moment, but who knows when the Academy will get around to remembering my searing director's debut at the age of 14, when I put on a musical version of Hamlet to the theme song of The Beatles' "Obladi Oblada." (Maybe you had to be there.) So I've decided to take matters into my own hands—not to hog the limelight for myself, but to bestow accolades and acclaim to a few of the brightest and best resources in our Artist Daily store!
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Published 12 Apr 2011 10:41 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, still life, Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
How to Make a Drawing Look 3-D

It's always with a bit of anxiety that I do a pencil drawing. I want the form to look as if the paper doesn't exist--as if the image is coming right off the page, and that is a challenging task. I caught Scott Waddell's second installment...

Published 16 Feb 2011 8:43 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, pencil drawing, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art

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