Caricature

‘Grumpy‘Pencil© The Artist. Drawing quickly moving figures involves a certain element of caricature. Because you only have a limited amount of time, you must select & hone-in on the essentials of the pose, which not only means portions etc. but the meaning of the pose. What the model is doing & what he is feeling.…

Kartoon Korner 3

Le Monsueir Qui Peint Les Canards the man who painted ducks… quack! quack! boom! boom! post script 2013 : actually he’s now a fairly famous artist now France

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Selling & Making Art on the Streets

‘Chez Caty’ aquarelle 24 x 32 cm © adam cope   Clowns & fire-jugglers aren’t the only ‘artistes de la rue’ in tourist hot-spot Sarlat working the summer crowds. There’s other kinds of artists who ‘faire le trottoir’ (work the pavements), painters who paint on the streets & try to sell on the streets. Hoping…

Croquis de la Foule à Sarlat

Some sketches ‘sur la vif’ of the crowds on holiday at Sarlat, starting with Françoise le Guide.Many thanks to Niels at My Camera World for helping me learn about photographing drawings. Look what a good job he kindly did on this one : AFTER Niels’ Retouching:   BEFORE RETOUCHING: A guide all dressed up…  …

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Rembrandt’s Drawings of Children – Anticipation & Action

Rembrandt’s Drawings of Children   These two drawings remind me of some of the storyboard sketches of Walt Disney’s ‘Nine Old Men’ period. The action & drama is supremely rendered with economy of means, a sure sign of mastery.         Here’s what Wiki has to say about one of the ’12 Basic…

Underexposure in photographing drawings & artwork!!

Photographing Artwork using Canon EOS 400, Photoshop & iMacI can’t photograph drawings using my Canon EOS 400, photoshop & Imac. The jpegs are always chronically underexposed. I suspect that it’s the camera is underexposing. But I’m happy with the exposures when taking snaps of non-artwork out in the real world. Which leads me to suspect…

Rembrandt’s Gesture Drawing

Rembrandt’s Gesture Drawing Rembrandt Harmensz von Rijn (1606-1669) Zwei Frauen bringen einem Kind das Laufen bei, um 1640 Kreide auf Papier British Museum, London, photo wiki Gesture_Drawing = http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Gesture-Drawing Both these articles are great places to start reading about gesture drawing. Nicolades ‘The Natural way of Drawing’ is the best. I would add that because…