by Matthew | Feb 19, 2019 | Video Critiques |
In this video critique of the week we help out Hillary with her life drawing. To quote Hillary, I was going for a precise likeness by searching for shadow shapes, but once the drawing looked like her, I didn’t know how to develop the forms.To be specific there are...
by Matthew | Feb 16, 2019 | Sketchbook Videos, The Blog |
Coe is a student currently enrolled in my foundation drawing class at the School of Visual Arts. I’ve always been a big fan of Coe’s life drawings in class since very early on in the semester. When they had agreed to film a sketchbook video I was super...
by Matthew | Feb 9, 2019 | MasterClass, The Blog |
I discovered the work of Isaac Levitan roughly one year ago. I wish I knew of his work back in the day when I first started working as a freelance illustrator. Isaac Levitan is a master landscape painter. You can really see in this one painting how he captures light,...
by Matthew | Feb 2, 2019 | Sketchbook Videos, The Blog |
Dennis is a student currently enrolled in my foundation drawing class at the School of Visual Arts. Dennis is certainly a quiet student who goes about his learning in a methodical way. You can really see the progress Dennis makes in his sketchbook. Towards the end his...
by Matthew | Jan 26, 2019 | Drawing Tutorials, The Blog |
In this very short figure drawing lesson I’d like to share with you how I begin to fit the head onto the shoulders. The two key words are short and begin. In case you have not noticed I am a big believer in repetition in the mother of skill. I tend to teach the...
