Teaching the fundamentals of Drawing
Every year I create a one-point perspective for the advanced students and parents who want to draw “real” perspective. But perspective is like a lot of things: hard until you “get it” and then it can be, frankly, relaxing. I follow the rules, use my ruler and eraser, and I can all but guarantee that […]
The Online Class starts tonight! ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 for four […]
First, an announcement! I will be leading a webinar this weekend to help all my fellow CC tutor and parents learn more about art and how to model it. This webinar can be used with my tutorials, but it doesn’t have to be–the techniques of art can be used in and through many places, subjects […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 for four 1-hour classes. While […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 for four 1-hour classes. While […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 for four 1-hour classes. While […]
The final chapter in this mini-series on how drawing develops. If you missed parts one (which covers roughly toddlers through early elementary) and part two (late elementary to beginning middle school) be sure to check those out. Today, we’ll be looking at the final three defined stages, but those last two are different than the […]
If you missed part one of this mini-series, click here. This short, probably three-part series, is about how drawing develops in most people, and how you can help teach it, integrate it, and encourage it in your children and students. To recap, the stages of drawing are generally defined like this: Scribble (with sub-stages): Approx: […]
How do we learn to draw? Do children, or adults pass through different stages as they grow in terms of how they learn to draw? Yes they do. Each stage comes with its unique challenges and joys and limitations to how we can help them draw better. I thought, perhaps, it would be helpful to […]
TL:DR: Michelangelo REALLY hated painting anything. Information packet about Michelangelo attached at the bottom. Michelangelo was a sculptor–according to him. He signed every contract, not matter what he was being contracted for, as “Michelangelo the Sculptor.” He considered painting as an inferior art and left his first master’s studio within a year to study under […]