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Tag Archives: Composition
The What and the Where
I’ve been writing about ideas from “Powerful Watercolor Landscapes,” a terrific book for artists of all media, written by Catherine Gill. My last post looked at the “why” of a drawing. Now let’s consider the “what” and the “where” together, since you … Continue reading
Developing the Drawing
Last week I started with a basic tone of lines over the preliminary drawing . This design becomes the foundation to build values and depict details. While filming this week’s video I was dismayed to discover that my video camera has given up the ghost … Continue reading
Beginning the Drawing
After the very small thumbnail sketches to plan how I will compose a scene, it’s time to begin the actual drawing. I’m going to be working on an 8″ x 10″ piece of 140 lb hot press watercolor paper. Arches … Continue reading
Planning a Drawing
Over the next few weeks I’m going to work through my process for planning, drawing, watercoloring and finishing a piece. Sometimes I see a scene that I know will make a great drawing in its entirety. More often than not, I … Continue reading
Improving Composition
Last week I posted a very simple drawing with some major composition flaws. There are any number of ways to improve problems such as these. Here again is the “wrong” picture, and a review of what I purposely drew wrong and how I … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
It’s time to have some fun with composition. I did a very simple drawing where I tried to make mistakes based on some of the concepts I covered in the last few weeks. In doing so, I learned that trying … Continue reading
Upside Down and Backward
One of the best ways to assess a drawing is to step back from it for a bit and analyze it objectively. Perhaps you’re focusing intently on getting that perspective right, or making the shadow values dark enough. When you step back, … Continue reading
Going off on a Tangent
I don’t know about you, but when I first started drawing, I would get so excited about a subject that I couldn’t wait to get started. I would totally ignore composition. I figured I could fix things as I went along. When I finally … Continue reading
Seeing the Masses
Imagine yourself walking down a forested path, coming around a corner and thinking, “What a nice view, I’d love to draw it.” So you sit down with paper and pen – because of course your sketchbook and folding chair are handy – and … Continue reading
Drawing with S O U L
Most people would agree that soul is an important ingredient in art. Art derives from passion and emotion. I’d like to suggest a new way to draw with S-O-U-L by using these four letters to represent ways of leading the eye around the picture plane. … Continue reading
