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Drawing - Shape Consciousness http://wp.me/p3kewB-jh

“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another. “ Edouard Manet

This statement is a major key to improving your drawing.  Each “shape” or “area of colour” is in fact a shape.

This leads us to the conclusion that drawing shapes is easier, much easier than drawing things.

Below is a magnificent painting by Paul Gauguincalled “The Seaweed Harvesters”.  Can you see the…

Drawing - Can You Match the Tones? http://wp.me/p3kewB-vd

EXERCISE

Can you match the tones in the photograph?  This is an easy exercise, all you will need  is a soft pencil.  Allow yourself about 30 minutes and stop there even if the drawing is not finished.

Try not to be hard on yourself, after all, you are not doing a drawing for the royal family. See how lazy and casual I was with mine.  Drawing is about meditating through the process and is…

By Courtesy of Hyundai Motor and Tate Modern of Kara Walker

Here is another entry in my “Five Things” series.

Kara Walker is one of the most influential and successful artists working today. Her Post-Modern, multi-media work has been controversial – which is one mark of influence. She herself has attained multiple milestones of success from exhibitions in major galleries, to important…

Art Careers and Supporters - who supports your arts practice? And some careers in the arts other than creator.

Trying to do the work as a creative and build a career alone is really tough.

The actual creative activity might be best done alone – sitting in a room to write or sketch without interruption is one of the dreams. But what about the processes of being a business, and building a market for your work? The end result of being a one-person show, can be wearing so many hats that our vision can…

Journaling for Business and Pleasure - planner plans for 2019 with some links

For the last year I have been using a notebook as a bullet journal, and it has been helpful. The best use for me has been as a place to “brain dump” ideas and to do lists in one place, as well as gain a monthly and weekly overview of my tasks. However, the best thing having a bullet journal did for me was prove that I typically and usually have an overly optimistic view of what I can accomplish…