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3 Life Drawing Tips

I have a painter-friend who is gearing up to do a major work with figures, but she feels a bit rusty about painting a model in all his or her glory. To help prepare herself, she's set up a series of life-drawing sessions so that she can spend a bit...

Published 20 Feb 2013 12:26 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: figure drawing, life drawing, sketching, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

The Foundation of Figurative Art Is...

In figure drawing and painting, knowing the ins and outs of the human body is essential. There's no way around that fact, and honing our skills with anatomy drawing helps us understand and truly see the body more accurately than any other endeavor...

Published 4 Jan 2013 12:29 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, life drawing, drawing anatomy, shading, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

Bumps and Grooves That Mean I'm a Psycho Killer

Okay, I'll admit that skull reading and phrenology sound a little silly to me. Trying to get a sense of a person from the hollows and grooves on their skull? Not buying it. But I do know that "reading" the skull as an artist is key when...

Published 19 Nov 2012 12:24 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, life drawing, drawing anatomy, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

From the Simple to the Complex

I recently took a life drawing class and showed my sketches to a friend, who's a super-skilled painter. I was reluctant to share them, but when she looked at my final sketch--in which the model had her hips contrapposto but twisted slightly away from...

Published 31 Oct 2012 12:14 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, life drawing, sketching, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil

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

Get Your Work Seen By 100 People a Day

Yep, it is a pretty lofty goal. I know it. But there are so many incredible artists out there who are doing incredible work and deserve more visibility! Here are a few ways that you can elevate your artistic profile in the wider world. By no means are...

Published 24 Apr 2012 10:09 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, life drawing, sketching, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

Bodies Come Crashing to the Ground

Drawing human anatomy can be an adventure if you take it to the limits. Artist and draftsman Leah Yerpe certainly does. Her large- and small-scale drawings feature figures freefalling, tumbling, and twisting as they swoop across the page. Pleiades by...

Published 17 Apr 2012 10:30 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, life drawing, drawing anatomy, Artist Daily, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

Where’s Your Free eBook on Life Drawing & Drawing Models? Right Here!

Slumber at Chuckwalla Valley (detail) by Sharon Allicotti, drawing. If art were a banquet, I would constantly be going back for more helpings of life drawing. It is a consistently rewarding artistic experience because I've never met a more inspiring—and...

Published 15 Jan 2012 10:50 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: figure drawing, life drawing, Artist Daily, sketching, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

Paint the Body Parts That Turn You On!

Back II (Joshua) by Martha Mayer Erlebacher, 2003, oil on canvas, 42 x 42. The human body is beautiful—as a whole and in its parts. Body drawings that accentuate the sensuous lines of the body and the power of the human form are steeped in a knowledge...

Published 5 Jan 2012 10:05 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: figure drawing, life drawing, drawing anatomy, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art

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

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