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re: Drawing: The Best Draftsman Drawing Magazine Hasn't Covered?

Giacomo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:10:41 GMT

I would check your facts on Nelson Shanks being his student. There are a lot of people claiming to be Annigoni students who were not.

You might want to talk with Ben Long about Annigoni. He was Annigoni's longest American student beside Nelson White. Long studied with Annigoni each day for seven years. He continued to live in Florence and in close contact with Annigoni for another eight years. White, however, can answer any question you have about the maestro.

Cheers.

re: Drawing: A New Series of Articles by Jon deMartin

newcraft — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:57:08 GMT

I am a beginner painter. Painted 2 works years ago and now have set up aroom for myself to get back into it. So excited, nothing has sparked my interest in years as this craft has. I use acrylics only because that is what I had and had used years ago. I always said I could never draw, and never could. Now I realize that I do need to develop this skill in order to paint well. I just started to draw from diff art books and its working, but still have a long,long way to go. So thank you very much for considering the beginner.

re: Drawing: One Man's Sketchbook

mentler — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:18:30 GMT

Thank you all for your gracious comments

re: Drawing: One Man's Sketchbook

mentler — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:17:44 GMT

Thank you all for your kind comments.

re: Drawing: The One Rule We Hear More Than Any Other From Art Teachers

Kisu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:25:50 GMT

I would agree very much with what has been described, *except* I think the sight-size method creates limiting or constraining cognitive/motor habits that appear to be difficult for sight-size trained artists to deviate from. I spent a lot of time in life drawing classes when I was in art programs (employing the comparative method of drawing as opposed to sight-size method), as well as osteology coursework and drawing from skeletons, both human and non-human. Yep, drawing is the foundation, and everything else is built on that.

Drawing: "Manuelita" by Nicolai Fechin

The Drawing Blog — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:25:19 GMT

David Jon Kassan discusses Nicolai Fechin's Manuelita. Manuelita by Nicolai Fechin, ca. 1930, charcoal

Drawing: Dee Overly's Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawings

The Drawing Blog — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:23:35 GMT

In her colored pencil and graphite drawings, Dee Overly invites viewers to admire the unique details

Drawing: In Praise of Sparseness, When Drawing the Figure or Other Subjects

The Drawing Blog — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:53:50 GMT

I caught the Whistler exhibition at The Frick last week and was initially concerned about its size —

re: Drawing: Drawing People Using Perspective Lines

ElayneKuehler — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:20:20 GMT

I have several books on anatomy. My favorite ones are "Figure Drawing For All It's Worth" by Andrew Loomis and Robert Beverly Hales' "Drawing Lessons From The Great Masters". Right now I am reading "The Practice & Science of Drawing" by Harold Speed. He states in his book that a student can't go wrong by studying "Human Anatomy for Art Students" by Sir Alfred D. Fripp. I am fixing to look up this book right now.

re: Drawing: Drawing People Using Perspective Lines

Dallyn Zundel — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:44:03 GMT

I had Burne Hogarth as a teacher at Art Center in 1990. He showed us this method of figuring out perspective when only the figure is present. He had a great many ideas and ways of solving problems. he was one teacher I will never forget.

re: Drawing: Drawing People Using Perspective Lines

Jan Schafir — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:46:03 GMT

Thanks, I was taught to draw the part of the anatomy closest to you first then proceed with parts behind etc. that works pretty well, especially in a life drawing session where you don't have too much time.

re: Drawing: Drawing People Using Perspective Lines

Karlene K Ryan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:00:44 GMT

Any help that I can get on perspective is always appreciated.

re: Drawing: Drawing Is Memorization?

Peg19 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:46:34 GMT

Do you still have the memory sketches? I'd love to see them.

re: Drawing: Drawing Is Memorization?

Lori Woodward — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:21:07 GMT

Recently, I watched Donald Demers paint a sequence of waves from memory. I agree that memorization is a part of the painting process. With that said... some people seem to be better at it than others.

I have to work at it... a lot!

re: Drawing: Dee Overly's Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawings

artmodelandrew — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:20:43 GMT

Beautiful work. I love how it is detailed but not busy. Dee is like a magician in that I look at a piece like Raindrops and wonder, "How'd she do that?"