In The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, John Muir Laws writes about feeling the life within the bird as you study, observe, and draw birds in the wild. This way of thinking helps to bring more personality, veracity, and uniqueness into each bird drawing. Each bird is an individual with its own history, timeline, and […]
I created this hand-drawn animation for my final project in my CCA Animation class.
My drawing after Mantenga I drew this from a print at the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizie in Florence, Italy. I doubt it’s possible nowadays, but in the ’90s, you could get a pass to sit in a special room in the museum and draw from originals or limited edition prints. This is a
Here is my underpainting for the abstract painting of my garlic. In this assignment we are researching techniques of notable abstract expressionist artists such as Diebenkorn and Frankenthaler, and applying their techniques and ideas to our paintings. I am working with water-soluble oil paints by Windsor-Newton, Daniel Smith, and Gamblin. These paints take quite a while
Here are some thumbnail sketches of garlic for my first assignment in my painting class with Tobin Keller at Cabrillo College. These preliminary drawings help inform my compositional decisions for a larger abstract painting. Can’t wait for the next steps!