Jan
1
Happy New Year
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Happy New Year to everyone! Thanks for supporting this blog as always.
Nov
26
Importance of Proportion
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As an artist, one must recognise the pattern of proportion in drawing. Why is pattern so important? Patterns govern structure throughout nature.
The human figure grows with the same perfection of proportion as that of seashell, an animal etc. Pattern is important in uniting the different parts into a complete whole.
If you are curious about proportion, then [...]
Nov
25
Art of shading
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The art of shading is developed by learning to recognise volume as represented by the pattern of light, medium, and dark values of the subject before you. Once you have understand the pattern of light, then shading becomes very easy.
Let me share with you some terminology about the art of shading .
Tone: local tone is [...]
Sep
20
What Should I Draw?
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One of the hardest subjects to get students to participate in is art. Most of them by the age of eight or nine have already decided whether they are good at it or not. If they feel that they are not good they will stop unless encouraged to participate in art. These students will participate [...]
Sep
13
When it comes to drawing or sketching there are a number of instruments that artists can use to transfer their imagination onto a sheet of paper. One medium that is commonly used by artists when the are drawing or sketching is charcoal. Drawing with charcoal is easy and accessible, because the artist can use charcoal [...]


