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Step by Step to a Virtuosic Figure Drawing

Seeing a painting or drawing progress from beginning to end allows the finished artwork to be understood as a series of discrete steps leading to a virtuosic whole. During a recent tour of the Grand Central Academy (GCA), in New York City, I observed instructor Joshua LaRock developing a drawing of Michelangelo's marble sculpture Dying Slave, based on a cast bust of the master's sculpture.

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Published 3 May 2013 12:30 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, figure drawing, sketching, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics
350 Ways of Drawing Faces

Can you imagine figuring out how to draw a face—the same face—350 times or more, and making each portrait drawing different and as compositionally sound and interesting as if you had made only one? Quite a task, yet Italian designer, sculptor...

Published 22 Apr 2013 12:24 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, Drawing Faces
6 Tips on How to Draw Anything Accurately

Drawing is a fundamental skill for artists, emphasis on "skill." That means there are basic drawing rules and approaches that work, including these six tips on how to draw anything accurately. Delmonico Building by Charles Sheeler, 1926, lithograph...

Published 15 Apr 2013 12:56 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, still life, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, Drawing Faces
Our Newest Free eBook on How to Draw a Rose & More!

I'm a people pleaser. I innately want to make those around me happy and satisfied. So when an Artist Daily reader came to me wanting to know more about how to draw flowers, I wanted to come back to them with a resource that could really get to the...

Published 12 Apr 2013 12:55 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art, How to Draw Flowers
It Is Never a Matter of Bad Ideas

I don't think the failure or success of a drawing has to do with the drawing ideas that the artist starts with. He or she could choose pretty much anything and make a go of it, don't you think? It also doesn't depend on whether the artist...

Published 22 Feb 2013 12:39 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
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
4 Tips for Drawing People

I was recently on the train with a friend who caught the attention of an artist sitting across from us. She started drawing my pal. We were thrilled! It was an exciting moment as we watched my friend's face appear on the paper in front of us. As the...

Published 14 Jan 2013 12:42 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, figure drawing, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics
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
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
What About Angels?

I was doubly lucky last week because I had a thoughtful discussion with a great artist, Patricia Watwood, about how most notable representational art is "real" and about what happens to artists when they are faced with stepping outside that...

Published 28 Dec 2012 12:50 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, fantasy art
Don't Start Off the Wrong Way

For a drawing to be successful, you've got to start off choosing the right drawing surface. No matter how great the drawing ideas you have or the drawing art skills you bring to bear in the process, if you aren't pairing surface and implement...

Published 24 Dec 2012 12:48 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, Drawing Basics, Ink Drawing, Art
Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Drawing Faces

I've always been an ardent fan of the profile portrait drawing . It reminds me of antique cameos, the profiles of emperors stamped on Roman coins, and 18 th -century silhouettes. But learning how to draw a face in profile does come with its share...

Published 19 Dec 2012 12:32 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, how to draw, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Drawing Faces
It Might Give You Nightmares

Foreshortening! For me, it is truly the stuff of nightlights and pulling the covers over my head. I've struggled really hard to learn how to draw foreshortened objects and figures, because my mind constantly overrules my eye, saying, "That can't...

Published 14 Dec 2012 12:16 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, 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

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