Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on some new drawings. In addition to teaching, and sketching on location,…
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…
Staying Inside the Box
Drawing boats is always a challenge. Those curved shapes are graceful and symmetrical and yet so difficult to put in…
One Week 100 People
Did you see the online drawing challenge this week? #Oneweek100people2017. I thought it would be kind of fun so I…
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…
Looking Up
For most drawings, basic two point perspective works just fine. Occasionally, we might want to try a more dramatic angle. …
Peak Positioning
Moving on with two point perspective, let’s imagine that we’re drawing a simple house and we want to figure out…
A Shocking Revelation
We were simply drawing boxes in class, putting them in positions that require two vanishing points. One of the students…
New Perspectives
I recently began teaching a six week Perspective course. It’s a topic I find fascinating and I especially enjoy…
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…