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Draw Every Day - Sketch #14: “Nose Parts”. I took yesterday’s sketches a little further and re-drew the anatomy example from the Proko.com video “How to Draw the Nose - Anatomy and Structure”. I used the constructive anatomy I learned from the video to create this reference sheet. I felt I would learn more if I drew the example myself. #draweveryday #constructivedrawing #anatomy #sketch #pencildrawing #majorplanes #minorplanes #anatomyreference #nose #noseanatomy #nosestructure #structure #constructiveanatomy #referencedrawing #reference https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoqbTHFtkS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f14h8apm2zkk

Draw Every Day - Sketch #26: “In Progress No. 4”. If you’ve been following along, Saturday was my eldest kiddo’s birthday! I started a portrait of Elvis for their birthday but could only spare 22 minutes. I was at least able block in some construction lines and features. This method will prove to get me to the likeness I need quicker than the grid method I used previously. #draweveryday #portrait #constructiveanatomy #constructivedrawing #sketch #roughsketch #wip #inprogress #process #tips #instruction #construction #unfinishedart https://www.instagram.com/p/BtP13Y8lYCx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rrsae8nlxd2z

Draw Every Day - Sketch #17: “In Progress No. 2”. I again only had a few minutes to spare on Thursday for this sketch of willow branches from my friends’ yard. I only had 10 minutes to work on tree branch roughs for a project I’m working on. The brief session ended in a small “disaster”, which I caught on video. (See what happened in the following film I made about it.) #draweveryday #10minutesketch #wip #constructivedrawing #roughshading #tree #willowtree #instruction #tips #photoreference #nature #photo #videorecord https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs1fDZrldZA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rx2cauv46msu

Draw Every Day - Sketches #13A & #13B: In order to learn how to draw the nose better, I decided to follow along with a Proko.com video called “How to Draw the Nose - Anatomy and Structure”. The first page of sketches shows right and wrong ways to draw realistic noses, and how to view the nose as smaller simplified planes, or minor planes. In the second, I sketched different angles of the nose using just four major planes. #draweveryday #constructivedrawing #anatomy #sketch #pencildrawing #roughsketch #majorplanes #minorplanes https://www.instagram.com/p/BsopPPKFcxO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xy9i0tooqir4

Which is your hardest, and why? I have always found that these are some of the hardest for students to tackle. In my classes, I often go back to the good ol' simple formats of using boxes and simple shapes to help students understand how to 'construct' and not just Observe and draw. I've come across very good artists who must have reference and also artists who can create from the mine itself. I prefer the latter though both need to be trained just like mathematics, language and science! #Dreadjim #students #art#conceptart #constructivedrawing #sketch (at Asia/Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmIX8-wD8DS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pidg65cacn44

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My lesson one exercise attempts from http://drawabox.com/.  You can see the full versions over at my Imgur gallery (http://imgur.com/a/nykSI). I want to use this blog to “show my work” - basically all those practice pieces that will help me improve my art. Learning constructive drawing techniques has been a huge help & I still have a lot to practice.