Some days are easier than others when it comes to a daily art routine. The last couple days were a challenge to get in enough…
Tag: Watts Atelier
John Asaro Planes of the Head Portrait Study
This exercise, which was suggested and taught by Jeff Watts in the Watts Atelier, centers around a mannequin head created by John Asaro called The Planes…
Working on Fundamentals
It may seem tedious but these exercises have really done a lot to increase my dexterity with a charcoal pencil. It’s also quite sobering to…
Robo Bean and Loomis Head Drawings
Things are starting to make since now. The repetition of these lessons are starting to stick in my head, and I must say they are…
Gesture and Head Abstraction
These are not the most interesting work, most will be recycled as soon as I have a stack too big to deal with. Their purpose…
Figure Study and Anatomy in Charcoal
All kinds of figure study drawing today. The female gestures went well, but the male gestures fell apart quickly. I need to do more work…
Asaro, Gesture and Bean
Tonight I worked on the Asaro head in 3/4, from the Watts Atelier course. Then gesture and bean from the Proko course. Then I began…
Asaro Head Study
Some days are better than others… But, I am not discouraged, I will be here tomorrow giving it my best.
Head Study: Asaro and Skull Anatomy
More study on the head. I started with the Asaro head then moved onto a skull drawing then working from reference to match the skull…
Head Study: Asaro 3/4
Still working daily with the Watts Atelier course and I’m exposing tons of weaknesses daily, and it’s awesome. I think a lot of people would…
Head Study
For today I did some review of fundamentals and worked on head studies.
Skulls and More Skulls 6
This was the last of the sheet of 9 skulls from Watts Atelier. I haven’t memorized any position of a skull yet, but this is…
Skulls and More Skulls 5
I almost finished with the plate of 9 skulls today but it hit midnight before I finished the second one so I decided to work…
Skulls and More Skulls 4
I’m almost through the page of nine skulls on the workbook and these last two were much easier. The views are from the back so…
Skulls and More Skulls 3
I worked really hard tonight to try and commit this skull position to memory. I took me two hours just to work on these few…
Skulls and More Skulls 2
Not much to say, I’m just trying to put in as much time as I can every day to memorize the skull in every position….
Skulls and More Skulls
Drawing skulls are much harder than I thought they would be, especially from memory. I really have to work 3 or more hours a day on…
Skull 3/4
Strange that I find the 3/4 view of the skull harder than the frontal. I only worked an hour tonight, we had a bike ride…
Skull Front
More work tonight with the skull and the Watts Atelier.
Flowers, China and Skull
Back to painting a bit today. I wanted to keep it mixed up a bit so I don’t get burnt out on drawing all the…
More Skull Work
Working more on the skull tonight. I was very tired early on so I only worked for an hour.
Skull Work
Working hard with the Watts Atelier again tonight and it’s proving to be more challenging than I thought, again. Tonight is all about human skulls,…
Fundamentals Review
Sometimes you just need someone knowledgeable in your field to tell you honestly that you will never achieve your goals if you continue on your current…
Head Lay-ins
I’m continuing with the Watts Atelier course and today its all about head lay-ins. In the spirit of Andrew Loomis I learned how to abstract…