Category Archives: Drawing

How to Check Your Drawing

When you are aiming for realism or an accurate rendering of your subject, there are many ways to check the proportions in your drawing. Here’s a list of the ones I know (and I am sure that I’ve left out … Continue reading

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Drawing Class Lesson 8

I’ve been working on this drawing for three weeks now.  Every one of us is in the same boat, sight-sizing a drawing from a plaster cast.  Finally, this week, I felt comfortable enough with my measurements to put in some … Continue reading

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Figure Drawing Workshop with Rod Cameron

Rod Cameron Workshop, March 2, 2019   One of Rod’s sketches, illustrating Bridgeman’s use of stacked boxes, and a gesture/mass drawing.  His favorite resource is Bridgeman, and you can tell from the blocks above.  (For additional information please check out … Continue reading

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Week 7 Still Life with White Object or Sculpture

Week 7 class was frustrating for many of us.  This was the first week we started working with the casts that Rose has available for us to use, and we will be doing this for the next three weeks as … Continue reading

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Due Diligence Lessons 5 – 6

We’re on to Lesson 6 I think, and my lack of knowledge bit me in the, uh, backside today.  Rose wanted us to do a graduated scale on toned paper using chalk and charcoal to create the entire range.  My … Continue reading

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Class 4 at the Kipaipai Atelier

Wow, time flies when you’re having fun.  Week 4 homework was a continuation of Week 3’s Bargue drawing, working on the shading setting up a simple still life and practice sight-sizing on 3-d objects setting up a simple still life … Continue reading

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Class 3

Yikes this week was hard.  I should have taken pictures during the week and there wasn’t and still isn’t much to look at since it is just a line drawing at this point.   The original plumb line and horizontal … Continue reading

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Class 2 Part 2

Here is where I ended up, I ran out of time.       I may come back to finish it later. I’m still working on softer and lighter lines.  Here’s a quote from the textbook, Lessons in Classical Drawing, … Continue reading

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Kipaipai -Class 2 Part 1

Week 2 of Kipaipai Atelier Drawing Class — Part 1: I’m already much better at discerning differences. I still need to work on my grey scale. I could easily spend all my time drawing, I’m falling in love with it … Continue reading

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Back to School at Kipaipai

I finally found a classical atelier where I could take classes here on the Big Island, and classes began this month. I have permission from my teacher, Rose Adare, to post my insights from our classes here to my blog. … Continue reading

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