Category: Drawing
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Portrait drawing: Aelize
A recent portrait. Aelize Graphite pencil 6″x6″ You can view more of my portraits here. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
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Contrapposto
Contrapposto is an Italian term which describes the pose of a figure where the weight is one one foot. It is probably the most common pose for sculptures because it breaks up the symmetry of a balanced pose and immediately creates complex counter-curves as the weight transfers across the shoulders and hips. It is so…
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Sketchbook – 10-OCT-2009
A recent drawing from my sketchbook. I took this picture directly with my iPhone and cropped and adjusted with Photoshop Mobile. With mobile publishing I will be able to update significantly more often than I have been. Cuts out a ton of manual work flow. — Posted from my iPhone Share
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Construction vs Representation
At this point, I’ve probably spent more time studying anatomy than most Doctors. But you definitely don’t want me performing any surgery on you. Anatomy for figurative artists is very much vocation-specific. We focus on the gross anatomy: skeletal system and external muscles. We are much more interested in function and form, rather than the…
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What is Art?
Defining what ‘art’ is has always been an exercise in futility, but people will continue to do so as it is human nature to categorize and define. It is my belief that the physical presence of art is an artifact of the process. It is the creation and interpretation of art that has value. The…
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Back to Basics
Most of my studio time I spend working from reference images. This is unfortunate, since the work that I create based on reference images is generally more static than when I am working from a model. For many years, I would choose not to work at all if I couldn’t work from a model. Over…