Tag: Getting Started
Animal Drawing: Reindeer
One of my favorite illustrators is Sachiko Umoto, who has several great books on plants, people and animals. I am using her wonderful reindeer for our inspiration. Both male and female reindeer have antlers, which they shed every winter by the males and the spring by the females.Step #1: Draw the head , eyes, nose,… Read More
Getting Started Exercise #105 – Observational Drawing
A exercise that helps me get started drawing is a continuous line observational drawing. One of the most famous continuous line artist is Paul Klee, he loved to do continuous line work of fish, birds, people and cats. For this exercise i am inspired by Paul Klee and use a wooden cat for my drawing…. Read More
Getting Started: Charcoal Self Portraits
I like to use charcoal self portraits to get my drawing started. The reason artist self portraits have been so popular for centuries is that they always had a willing subject.I like to use soft vine charcoal on sketch paper for the project. Step #1: Use a small hand mirror or compact mirror to study… Read More
Getting Started Exercise #103
We all have days where we need help to get our drawing started. I like to use the number game to get my creativity going.Step 1: Make two vertical list from 1 to 9 in your art journal or on a piece of paper.Step 2: On the left side list nine animals, bugs or birds.Step… Read More
Getting Started Exercise #102
When it comes to drawing getting started can be the biggest road block. We all like to scribble, so lets put our scribbling to work.Step #1: Get your art journal or a clean piece of paper and lets just do a scribble with at least two loops.Step #2: Take the scribble and look at it… Read More
Getting Started Exercise #101
We all have days when we just don’t know what to draw, so I have exercises that get me started. One of my favorite is just doodling, but with this exercise i get started doodling by outlining my hand. Then i just do a contour drawing inside the hand outline and see where it goes…. Read More