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Sketching Faces: When You Feel You’ve Hit A Plateau
I sketch a ton of faces. I look back over the years and see how my approach to sketching faces has changed, how it’s constantly evolving. Often students write to me about experiencing a plateau in their drawing efforts. They feel that they have achieved a level of skill at which they remain […]
In Context: Looking at the Arteza Watercolor Book Part 4
Since there is no writing on this page in my Arteza Watercolor Book—direct brush painting with watercolor. I used a 5/8 inch flat wash brush and also a size 10 watercolor round for some of this. I should have worked a little harder to make enough wash for the background to not […]
Protected: Trick or Treat Sketch?
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Protected: No Shave November
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In Context—Direct Brush Sketch and A Brief Review of “Taboo.”
I know last week when I started the new series “In-Context” I wrote that I wouldn’t be writing a blog post with the images—but today’s entry really required a bit more “context.” In January I started watching “Taboo” staring Tom Hardy. Readers of my blog already know I’m a huge Tom Hardy fan and […]
Brush Sketching on Canson Illustration Paper
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Part 3 of My Leuchtturm 1917 Sketchbook Review
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Practicing Sketching Faces—6th MCBA Visual Journal Collective Portrait Party Tomorrow Night
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Catching Up on Some Scanning…and Another Look at Direct Brush Sketching
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Strathmore 300 Series Watercolor Paper—Another Look
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