Paint faster and learn quicker with values studies | Learning Journal

Learn composition and forms with values studies. I share my first three studies and what I learned during the process.

Five Lessons Learned from a Month of Art Studies

Today I managed to meet one of my goals for January: 15 art studies.  While I have done art studies before, they are usually part of a challenge like Draw Everything June, a daily challenge for practicing poses.  Those challenges, though exhausting, taught me that art studies are a great way to improve one's drawing …

Draw Everything June: Final Round-up!

Welcome back to my last round-up for this year's Draw Everything June challenge!  This is a catch-up for the final week, with poses #17-21 (plus the bonus meme again). In the last week of June, my stress injuries in my elbow and wrist flared up again. (I have cubital tunnel syndrome and tendinitis.) Rather than …

Draw Everything June: Week 3 Round-Up!

Week 3 of Draw Everything June upped the ante with a number of challenging poses: forced perspective, a bird's-eye-view reference, and two group poses. Monday kicked it off with a pose that was absolutely perfect for Luna.  Last time I drew her, she was feeling sad and lonely; finally we get to see her in …

Sketching Fruit & Flowers: Breaking Out of a Creative Slump with Wendy Hollender’s “Botanical Drawing in Color”

Sometimes, it feels like I'm stuck in a rut - drawing the same type of pictures over and over or editing the same scenes over and over, without any forward momentum at all.  You know the feeling?  There's nothing wrong with perfecting a technique,  of course, or with polishing a scene until it gleams, but …