This past week, we were studying wordless picture books. Here is my discussion post answering questions such as some favorite wordless picture books and whether we thought wordless picture books…
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After sketching thumbnails for my Gerda vs. the Snow Queen’s Snow Bees painting, I created 3 quick 3-value thumbnails to decide on the final composition. I found it really helps…
We had an interesting discussion this past week about realistic (or hyper-realistic) painting vs. realistic painting with fantastic elements. A fellow student shared some of the hyper-realistic paintings of Charles…
This past week my class has been looking at the drawing of expressive hands. We’re still working for the most part in charcoal which is getting easier to handle for…
I’m experimenting more with different ways to color drawings. The IpadPro, Apple Pencil, and the $5.99 app Procreate make the process more like traditional painting. At left is my original homework…
I’m starting to noodle around more with digital art programs since I got a iPad Pro and Apple Pencil last weekend. It’s great. I just started learning the programs, but colored a…
Here’s a fox painting that’s a work in progress. I’m learning a lot painting it. It’s both gouache and watercolor. This semester I’m in Western Civ and Life Drawing…
This is beautiful. Colorblind people can see colors that the rest of us have been able see for the first time. It’s a special coating for glasses. I’m going to share this…
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