If you love drawing zany characters with lot’s of color watching Emily’s sketchbook video is a must. Emily is extremely creative. She draws with just about anything she can find including lot’s of Crayola crayons. Emily is completely unconventional when it comes to figure drawing as well. She exaggerates everything.
From an instructors point of view Emily is a dream student to have in class. She has so much to offer the more conventional students. She offers up an approach which says take chances, be creative, be different. I love that.
School starts once again in three weeks. I look forward to meeting a whole new group of students. At the same time I thank my lucky stars that Emily joined my class last year half way through the semester.
She definitely added a whole new dimension to class.
It seemed so long ago that Bari, pronounced Barry, asked to join my drawing class midway through the 2015-16 academic year. My class was already full but I’m glad I let her join. As you can see in her sketchbook she’s a natural with watercolors.
I consider myself a pretty neat person, however I’m really drawn to messy sketchbooks. I would say that Bari has one of the most messy sketchbooks and it’s awesome. What is so awesome about her work is that she just creates with no worries at all. She just dives right into her art. Bari is really comfortable working small as well.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen her sketchbook. I’ve got to admit while editting her sketchbook I was really glued to the screen. Her portraits of are really expressive. Her characters have so much well, character.
I hope you enjoy looking through Bari’s sketchbook. To see more of her work visit Bari’s Tumblr.
I really enjoyed filming this video critique. Marjan, a member of Drawing Tutorials Online.com posted up this drawing looking for a little feedback. The photo reference used for this drawing was awesome, the drawing was pretty cool too.
What was missing in the drawing was structure. What was also missing in the drawing was accurate shadow shapes. If you can draw accurate shadow shapes shading them with the appropriate value you are on your way to drawing a likeness of your model.
Definitely check out this video critique if your portrait drawings look a little flat. Also if you are having a hard time being able to draw a likeness this video will teach you how.
Thank you Marjan for participating in our weekly video critique. I look forward to critiquing more of your art.
Cynthia is a student enrolled in my foundation drawing class at the School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan New York. Wow what a hard working student she is. The combination of her work ethic and her ability to draw cute and cuddly creatures will certainly take Cynthia a long way.
What is really cool is that Cynthia already has her brand. As you flip through her sketchbook it’s evident. What is also really cool is that Cynthia can combine her love and animals along with her love of drawing. That is the secret sauce.
If you want to have a long successful career as an artist you must love the subject matter that you draw or paint. That’s when your art transcends just drawing or painting. That is when your art becomes part of a bigger lifestyle.
I hope you enjoyed flipping though Cynthia’s sketchbook with me. I absolutely love her work!
Unfortunately Cynthia’s Tumblr is under construction. Look for more sketchbooks coming this Summer.
If you are looking to spice things up in your sketchbook look to Ariel for some inspiration. The way she utilizes post it notes is really cool. First off with the post it notes Ariel is able to create a layered look to each page. The post it notes create so much depth.
The use of post it notes also adds a ton of color within her sketchbook. Especially when placed over Strathmore’s toned sketchbook paper.
Ariel’s use of bold line, colorful post it notes, as well as colored pencil makes for a very original and authentic looking sketchbook.
Of course I’ve barely mentioned Ariel’s wonderful life drawings. Her line has so much gravity is nuts. She is definitely running on all cylinders coming from Michigan.
The Spring semester is now over and I already miss my very noisy but talented students.
Ariel was a pleasure to have in class. Her work has so much movement and creativity. It inspires me to try different things. I hope it does the same for you.
