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Physical Therapy for Your Art Practice
I suggest to my Drawing Practice students that they do a six-week plan and goal setting session at the end of class; and that they repeat that every six weeks for the rest of their lives. Knowing what our goals are, and seeing how we executed our plans, helps us realign our strategy for going […]
Protected: In Context—Richard’s Elbow
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The Daily Potato: A Look at a Daily Drawing Project
At the end of September 2018 Jennifer Okano brightened everyone’s day by posting this wonderfully dimensional sketch of a sweet potato in a group I host for past students. She wrote: This month my focus has been on contours. Outside, inside, cross. Picking the oddest Japanese sweet potatoes at the market has given me a […]
Protected: Don’t Forget The 10th Great Minnesota Sketch Together
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Protected: Why Drawing Practice Matters and What Your Line Can Tell You
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Protected: Waiting at the Dentist’s
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Protected: Achilles’ Heel, Everyone’s Got One
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Protected: Working in a Series: Tootsie Pop Portraits
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Giving the Pentel Duo Point Brush Pen a Workout (and a bonus Eyebrow Update)
Above: A 12-minute sketch of Dick as he sat under a bright light on the couch in the TV room—9 x 12 smooth cardstock journal. While I’d done a shorter (time duration) first sketch with this pen, this was the first sketch where I explored all the different types of lines I could get from […]
Looking Back at Prepping for the Minnesota State Fair
Above: Warm up contour sketches of live finches in an aviary setting. I used a Tombow Calligraphy pen (hard tip) for the sketching and an extra bold (chisel tipped) Uni Posca paint pen for the purple background. I outlined the bird on the recto page with a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen after the purple was […]