Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on some new drawings. In addition to teaching, and sketching on location, … More
Author: Paula Ensign
Let’s Take a Field Trip
I like to take my classes to a local coffee shop to gain experience drawing in public. For those new to … More
Staying Inside the Box
Drawing boats is always a challenge. Those curved shapes are graceful and symmetrical and yet so difficult to put in … More
One Week 100 People
Did you see the online drawing challenge this week? #Oneweek100people2017. I thought it would be kind of fun so I … More
Do you see what I see?
Working with straight lines is one thing, but how do you deal with round? Circles in perspective can boggle the … More
Looking Up
For most drawings, basic two point perspective works just fine. Occasionally, we might want to try a more dramatic angle. … More
Peak Positioning
Moving on with two point perspective, let’s imagine that we’re drawing a simple house and we want to figure out … More
A Shocking Revelation
We were simply drawing boxes in class, putting them in positions that require two vanishing points. One of the students … More
New Perspectives
I recently began teaching a six week Perspective course. It’s a topic I find fascinating and I especially enjoy … More
Close Up Views
Probably my favorite way to draw trees is to focus on the part that I see up close. Most of the time … More