Category Archives: How to

Capturing Elusive gestures

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

Quick capture, better stories, workshop prep. Continue reading →

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Good Reads: Value Studies

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

Good Reads: Painting What (You Want) to See by Charles Reid. Continue reading →

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Good questions: Studies versus Scenes

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

Another good question from someone in my Figure Sketching Made Simple class on Craftsy. (I do these Good Questions posts every once in a while.) This person visited a skating rink, and sketched a whole scene, skaters, ice rink and setting, and … Continue reading →

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Learning from photographs

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

Taking photographs to learn from my mistakes Continue reading →

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Messing with perspective

Posted on December 6, 2016 by

Some thoughts on perspective. And on teachers, teaching and learning. Continue reading →

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Drawing more people into your sketches

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

Drawing more people in your sketches, step-by-step. Continue reading →

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Good questions: Of whirling dervishes and sitting men

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

Answers to questions I get asked in my online class. Continue reading →

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