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10 Key Takeaways from a Perspective Drawing Class
I very much enjoyed my Perspective Drawing class at the Toronto School of Art by our teacher Lindsey Rosenow. A few things stood out to me as interesting takeaways: 1. Use large drawing paper (18×24 in) and make the drawing on a small section of the page within a frame. This was critical so I…
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Finding inspiration from daily life
I have a digital folder of photos I’ve taken as references that I would like to use to make paintings or drawings. They are ones that invoke pure inspiration. At times, they sit waiting to be made until I feel confident enough to tackle it. Eventually, I’ll find a moment to try one of the…
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Getting unstuck
I haven’t posted much this week on the social media side and it’s very easy to fall out of a routine. There’s some saying (perhaps from the Power of Habit book by Charles Duhigg) that habits take time to form, involving a cue, routine, and then reward. What I had set up was the realizing…
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Perspective Drawing: Closing the box
I’m now taking a perspective drawing class at the Toronto School of Art. It’s a longer course than the other ones I did this year, about 10 weeks. So far we have been working on one point perspective. I was hesitant at first of whether this was too basic for me, but there is plenty…
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Managing Time with Creating Art
As the days draw close to the art show, I’m doing some extra marketing to help promote it. A friend had reminded me of a recent Struthless video which discussed imagining if I failed at something in the future, and it was totally my fault, to analyze what happened. Given my last post was about…
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How to successfully mix watercolour paints
I started out art mainly with the computer with digital mediums. Mixing colours is one of the things I found very challenging at first. You cannot simply click a button to get the colour, value and saturation you want. Colour mixing is an important skill. Mix the hue – generally Mixing hues (i.e. the colour,…
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Painting figures
As I’m now into my latest AGO class (my third from this latest marathon of classes), I’ve been drawing a lot of figures lately. A few things I have learned so far along with tips for drawing, particularly with live models
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How to cut matboards
I’ve learned a lot about cutting custom matboards (the paper board around the painting in a picture frame) lately for my upcoming exhibit at the Queen West Art Crawl. Cutting the inside bevelled edge Cutting the mat inside is pretty easy with the right tools. I purchased a Logan mat cutter and followed a number…
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Drawing figures
At my last OCAD class, we had a clothed live model. The instructor walked around as we made our drawings to make some suggestions. During my previous sessions, there would be instructions to make quick 10 second poses or 1-3 minute drawings and you could really only get down the very basics of the person.…
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Excitement
I’ve finally gone back to my parent’s place to test out my tent set up fully. I’m hoping to figure out how I can cut mats to the right size as I’ve found a local supply but they aren’t the right size for my 9×12 paintings. Once I get this set up and test out…
