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Attack of the Masses

I want to say a few things about massing. There are a few basic rules in figure drawing that will deliver results, but underlying them all is massing. If you cannot master massing, no matter how much you know of all the other elements of drawing, there...

Published 23 May 2013 12:14 AM by Robert Stollar

Filed under: Drawing Basics, figure drawing, how to draw people, shading
100 Reasons for Pastels

Every year, we invite pastel artists to enter their work into our annual Pastel 100 competition, now in its 14th year. And every year, we receive thousands of pastel paintings. I am always stunned by the fantastic variety of the work and the extraordinary...

Published 26 Mar 2013 3:18 PM by Anne Hevener

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, painting, pastel, still life
Find That Dominant Sensation

The Clubfoot Boy by Jusepe de Ribera, oil on canvas, 1642. Art...has the power to make any spot on earth the living center of the universe; and unlike science, which often gives us the illusion of understanding things we really do not understand, it helps...

Published 21 Mar 2013 12:08 AM by Juliette Aristides

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, Oil Painting
The Emotional Bridge Between You and Your Viewer

"A line is a path that can offer an interesting and varied journey, rhythmic and with occasional, pleasurable surprises. Thus is one tempted to take the journey again. " -Krome Barratt, Logic and Design: In Art, Science, and Mathematics Creating...

Published 14 Mar 2013 12:19 AM by Juliette Aristides

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, Oil Painting, Perspective Drawing
Drawing Side by Side, But Never the Same

The more I think about and experiment with drawing techniques, the more I understand the extraordinary range of opportunity that drawing offers the artist, whether the drawing is intended as a preliminary sketch to a painting or a drawing in its own right...

Published 7 Feb 2013 12:12 AM by judith St. Ledger - Roty

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics
Turning a "Glance" Sketch Into a "Stare" Drawing

Recently I have been sketching on the train and in the train station. It took me quite a while to get up the courage to do it, and so far it is going well, though the process is different than when I am drawing in class. When I sketch in the train station...

Published 17 Jan 2013 12:38 AM by judith St. Ledger - Roty

Filed under: Drawing Basics, how to draw people, sketching, Drawing Faces
Read Drawing Magazine? Take Our Survey & Tell Us What You Think!

Our goal is to make every issue of Drawing magazine as informative and inspiring as possible. In order to achieve this, we need you to share your thoughts about the publication. Before February 28, please take our reader survey, where you can tell us...

Published 7 Jan 2013 3:53 PM by Austin R. Williams

Filed under: Drawing Basics
Tips to Keep You Drawing During the Holidays

Often when I'm busy with teaching and working and tending to my family and professional commitments, when every second of my time is taken up and I just can't spare a moment to draw as so many of us are during the holidays, then an opportunity...

Published 27 Dec 2012 1:07 AM by Robert Stollar

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, figure drawing, Ink Drawing
Update about the Winners of Our Shades of Gray Drawing Competition!!

The winning drawings have been selected in the Shades of Gray competition and this weekend winners were notified via e-mail. We would like to extend a great thanks to everyone who entered their drawings--we received hundreds of strong entries, and it...

Published 11 Dec 2012 1:13 PM by Austin R. Williams

Filed under: Drawing Basics, Art Competitions, Artist Daily
Crossing Over From Copying to Creating

I suggested in my previous blog that the difference between an excellent draftsperson versed in anatomy, perspective, elements of drawing and all the other disciplines needed to produce a realistic, believable figure drawing and an artist is that the...

Published 11 Dec 2012 12:30 AM by Robert Stollar

Filed under: Drawing Basics, figure drawing
The Art of Slow Time

I have tried hard the past few years--with mixed success--to avoid answering the question, "How are you doing?" with the response "Really busy." Some blame our cultural "time shortage" on the clock, progress, and our obsession...

Published 4 Dec 2012 12:31 PM by Juliette Aristides

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, Oil Painting
Drawing On Timeless Principles Before Techniques

Our best efforts are spent on timeless principles before specific techniques. -- Juliette Aristides, Lessons in Classical Drawing Juliette Aristides, artist and author. I'm Juliette Aristides, an artist, educator, and author based in Seattle, Washington...

Published 27 Nov 2012 12:50 PM by Juliette Aristides

Filed under: art, Drawing Basics, Artist Daily
Winners Announced Soon!

Shades of Gray Competition Results to Be Announced Next Month! It Kinda Draws the Eye In by Matt Tucker, 2011, graphite and white charcoal, 7½ x 14. Collection the artist. Finalist in Drawing's 2011 competition. Hello Artist Daily! This is...

Published 15 Nov 2012 2:59 PM by Austin R. Williams

Filed under: Drawing Basics, Artist Daily
Sketch I Will!!!!!!!

I find that being an artist or art student is a bit like being a parent. The phrase: "Do what I say, not what I do" is too often applicable. For example, as I have expressed before, my goal is sketching something every day. The sketch drawings...

Published 8 Nov 2012 12:50 AM by judith St. Ledger - Roty

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, sketching
Seriously, All You Need Is Average Eye-Hand Coordination

Hello there, I'll be doing some blogging for Artist Daily about human ﬁgure drawing . The plan is to do half of the blogging as written text and half as video episodes where it would be easier to demonstrate the concepts I would like to talk about...

Published 23 Oct 2012 12:27 PM by Robert Stollar

Filed under: Drawing Basics, figure drawing, how to draw, how to draw people, drawing anatomy, Artist Daily

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