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Great Books on Art Technique

Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale Great Books on Art Technique In this post, I want to talk about the books I read when I was in art school. I tried to pick out the books that I thought were most useful from a beginner’s perspective. Some of these books may be considered vintage now, but I’m sure they can be found online. After a while, you’ll notice that the books tend to repeat certain ideas, but they will reinforce your understanding of important principles and usually add a unique perspective or observation. These books focus on practice more than theory. The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing by Anthony Ryder T he first book I selected is The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing by Anthony Ryder. Tony Ryder runs a figurative art school in Santa Fe (The Ryder Studio), and whenever there’s a figurative art ...

How to Manage a Studio

In this post, I want to talk about setting up and managing a life drawing studio. I was a monitor for four years at the Art Students’ League of New York and Chelsea Classical Studio in NYC. So, what does that mean? It means that I was tasked with setting up easels before class, timing the poses, checking the poses, and assisting the students. I want to show you how to set up a studio for a small class or sketching group. This template works well and is relatively easy to set up. First day and general configuration. Basic Setup where M represents Model Stand, H - Easels, o - Chairs, X - Seated Spots, [] - Crates, and /\ - Light Source I should preface this by saying that this plan is for a four week continued pose. It’s significantly easier if you’re only doing this for one day...

How to Draw on Toned Paper

Seated Figure (Charcoal and White Chalk on Paper) A good way to transition from drawing to painting is by drawing on toned paper. Working with graphite is a great way to get a feel for the basics of drawing, but as you progress, you will need new methods to reproduce what you see. Different approaches will build off of each other. Because white chalk is additive (building form by adding pigment to a surface), this method can easily develop into pastel or oil paint. When one works with white chalk, they will start to think about light differently: the way light moves across form and slowly builds up to a highlight. This blog post describes my approach to drawing on toned paper with charcoal and white chalk. Before anything else, a brief word about paper: to achieve the greatest effect, a mid-tone to dark value should be chosen. This will not only make your drawing appear luminous, but it will speed up the drawing process. My personal favorite is Hanhnemuhle laid...

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