DISCOVERING ART THROUGH EXPLORATION
Started a big clean up the other day - it's not spring here, but it felt like the time was right. Anyway, I had to do the hardest thing and say goodbye to my first pair of Doc Martens. I stopped wearing them years ago - the soles were completely shot - holes deeper than... Continue Reading →
The weather has been topsy-turvy over this Easter Long Weekend, but I managed to fit a few in. To see all my sketches in full go to my Urban Sketchers page. Cheers!
Creating music opens wide the doors in terms of how hands can be manipulated to play a multitude of instruments - striking, stroking, plucking, strumming, shutting, dampening, stretching... It is a very skill-orientated domain and what you can see in the hands are the technical demands (and years of practice) an instrument needs in order... Continue Reading →
Spent a Sunday afternoon at the Addison Road Community Centre. The organic markets are on, and after 10am the Bower and Reverse Garbage are open. It's has a great vibe and very encouraging of the arts. To view my Urban Sketches of Marrickville, click here. For more info: The Bower, Reverse Garbage and Marrickville Organic Market I've... Continue Reading →
Through my friends at Sydney Sketch Club I have been invited to contribute to Urban Sketchers Sydney. All I know about Urban Sketchers is that it is a massive online group who are a passionate about drawing, drawing journals and the urbanscape. Put it plainly, if we were watching a Star Wars film - they'd... Continue Reading →
Work has been crazy, so I haven't had a chance to do much drawing. all I have to offer are these three: This one was quite tricky because I had to completely trust what was in front of me. The forefinger looked as though it was also the finger that curls up under the thumb,... Continue Reading →
This is one of three [maybe more if I feel it is a constructive enough excercise] step by step breakdowns of drawing hands. I had some notes I wrote to accompany this, but I cant find them. So hopefully it will all come back to me. Anyway, I will be doing a series of hands... Continue Reading →
Aah! My new best friend - the pen. Sorry about the wonky dissolves – George Lucas would fire me on the spot! 😛 Some easy tips I'd like to give people on shading: 1. If you have very strong shadows on your object, especially anything spherical/cylindrical, don't shade right to the edge. You can see... Continue Reading →
See more Hands Study: Holding Objects
SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP My blog’s main objective is to help people draw hands – in different angles or positions, of different ages and in various forms of action. They are an endless source of visual material. Of course I’m not an expert, I just love to draw! [INSERT CORNY HAND PUN HERE] The human figure... Continue Reading →