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For exercise D we are going to do an drawing. The écorché is a drawing of the anatomy without the skin. In the past they used to do both drawings and sculptures of people and horses etc with just the muscles and bones etc. And … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise D
For exercise C we are going to do a self portrait in B&W. You can use pencil, charcoal or another B&W medium you feel comfortable using. But just no computers yet:) Here are some famous examples of self portraits by Courbet and Rembrandt to get … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise C
OK now for some gesture drawing. If you have read the homework you should know what this is:) If not it is a fast sketch that is only trying to capture the essence of the pose. Any way go ahead and do two or three … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise B
For exercise A we will see how much you learned from the home work. Fill a page with skulls at all different angles. They do not have to be super detailed but they do need to be detailed enough to be able to see if … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise A
Human anatomy and figurative art is a wonderful and complex subject. So for a subject this complex you will need more than a quick over view. Or a few online tutorials. It will take dedicated study and practice to get it right. With that in … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Introduction
For Supplement number two I have decided to add The Famous Artists Course. Here is what Wikipedia says about the course. ” The idea was conceived by Albert Dorne as a result of a conversation with Norman Rockwell. For the founding faculty, Dorne recruited Rockwell, … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Supplementals 2
I have decided to also add supplemental elements to the art course to help flesh it out. The first supplement will the the addition of the Andrew Loomis art books. Loomis was an American illustrator but really he is best known from his art books. … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Supplementals 1
OK now that you are up to speed on composition lets try putting it all together. Setup a still life in your light box you built from the previous lesson. You can use the blocks etc you already have or find things around your house … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Composition – Exercise A
For are next lesson we are going to move on to Composition. Wikipedia explains composition as “the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work. It can also be thought of as … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Composition – Introduction
Now using the light box you built for the last exercise we want to expand its use. Set up some new still lifes in it. You can use fruit, cups, jars, a skull, flowers just about anything. And of course you can use the charcoal … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise G
For this next exercise we are going to build a kind of light box . This box is made so that you can set up still lifes with very controlled lighting. This controlled type of lighting is much easier for the new artist to draw. … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise F
For this one we are going to expand the tools some. And if you decided to get some of the supplemental DVD’s and book’s you probably already have started using other materials. But if you have not lets do it now. To expand from just … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise E
OK now for something completely different. Get your sketch book and materials and go outside. Go draw things lots of things. Draw trackers, dogs, cars, trees, buildings anything and everything. And try and remember what you have learned about shading. Also try quick drawings where … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise D
OK for this one we will go back to the Bargue Plates. This is plate 1-5 the first that includes much shading. You will do it site size mentioned in the previous lessons. Remember not to rush this exercise. Take your time I have seen … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise C
OK next you will be doing shading a sphere. Use my example image below for this project. Here is another more indepth way of looking at shading the sphere.
To start with lets do some a simple exercise on scales. You will need to be able to master your pencil enough so that you can make the different shades. And at this point it might help to get a set of pencils so that … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise A
This section will be on shading. And assuming you have done all of the work up to this point and really learned the lessons things will start to come together now. The shading you will be learning will let you really start to show form … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Introduction
Next I want you to get back out the shapes from lesson 1. Arrange these shapes into a still life. And do a line drawing of them using your easel like the other exercises. Concentrate on accuracy and work on this until you feel comfortable … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 02 Perspective – Exercise E
And now do a 3 point perspective from memory. And for extra credit you can do a 4 point one also if you like.
OK now do a 2 point perspective drawing from memory of any subject you choose.