Ting is a student currently enrolled in my drawing class at the School of Visual Arts. As you can see from flipping through her sketchbook she has made great strides in a short period of time. Ting’s improvement is actually pretty awesome.
How did she improve so much in such a short period of time. Education, direction, focus and hard work. Ting is currently away from her home in Colorado. She is spending a lot of time drawing. She is totally focused both in the classroom and out of the classroom.
I especially love the way she draws her twisty dark looking animal type characters. I also very much like how she is using what she calls, cheap bank pens.
If you would like to improve faster you definitely need to educated. But that is just the first step. You then need direction and feedback on what you are doing right and wrong.
You need to be focused, not always jumping to the next shinny thing. You also need a strong work ethic.
It is certainly a pleasure to have Ting as a student in class. I hope you enjoyed looking through her sketchbook and are now inspired to get out there and kick butt.
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The knowledge provided in these video critiques is the same type of knowledge taught at major art colleges for thousands of dollars. I know, I teach at one of the biggest art colleges in the United States, the School Of Visual Arts. SVA is an awesome school. I graduated from SVA in 1990 and have been teaching there since 1997.
The issue today with big art schools is the cost. Too many students are leaving art colleges strapped with major debt. This debt can be paralyzing to many young artists.
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Learn how to draw a portrait in several easy to follow steps.
1. Start drawing your portrait loose with gesture lines.
2. Measure some landmarks left to right, top to bottom.
3. Draw an edge of the face using the “Angles” technique.
4. Shade in one big shadow shape. A shape that looks easy to draw.
5. Start to separate the shape of hair and shape of face.
6. Use outside open negative space to set the head, neck and shoulders.
7. Compartmentalize the features of the face. Use measuring to see where all of the features are placed.
Of course I explain everything in much more detail throughout the video. However thank you so much for reading the blog post and watching this critique.
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Hyoin is just one of those students who turns everything into gold. Her life drawings are just really beautiful.
Having Hyoin as a student is pretty special. She powers in her life drawings with so much energy and passion. As Hyoin draws she fills most of the 18 x 24 pad which is what I love. There is nothing timid about her work.
The look and feel of her China marker type drawings on newsprint in class is something pretty special.
Her sketchbook takes on a whole different vibe itself with all of the bold color and delicate detailed line.
There is nothing really traditional about Hyoin’s work and that’s what I really like about it. As you can see in her sketchbook she can really turn on the traditional jets when she wants to.
Thanks so much for sharing your sketchbook with us Hyoin. It’s really inspiring!
At this time Hyoin has no social media. She is totally focused on her work.
In this video you will learn how to utilize surface planes to create more dimension within your portrait drawings. Every artist who wishes to get better at drawing portraits should go through the exercise of drawing surface planes.
No drawing the technique itself won’t make your drawings look pretty. But understanding the concept of surface planes and form most certainly will.
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Thanks so much for watching. Now get out there and draw something today. It will make you feel better.
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If I had to use one word to describe Anna, it would be “Drawaholic”. Wow Anna has such a strong work ethic for such a young student. It was such a pleasure to have Anna in class. She has since changed her major. She is now in the 3-D Computer Animation department. We all miss her a lot.
As you can see in the sketchbook video what I love most about Anna is her willingness to experiment. I mean heck if you don’t experiment in foundation year of college when will you? Some artist’s are born with a style while others have to seek it out through drawing in different styles. It’s quite difficult to seek out a style. I’ve always had one style, I’ve always loved realism. I consider myself lucky just having to experiment with different mediums.
What Anna is doing in her sketchbook takes guts. You have to be willing to fail. You have to be will to take chances. Putting in the time to see if a drawing style clicks with you. I think what Anna discovered in her sketchbook in that she draws really slow. I saw that for myself in class. I believe that is what encouraged her to switch into the computer animation department. To be a traditional animator you have to draw fast. Now you can always train yourself to draw faster. But the question is do you want to?
I don’t really think Anna enjoyed drawing fast. You can just see that Anna loved hanging out with her art. She loves hanging out for long periods of time just getting lost in the details of her drawings.
That totally speaks to me. That is the reason why I love being an artist. Just hanging out in my studio listening to music and getting lost in the details of my work.
How about you, do you have a style? Do you like to draw fast or slow? What do you love about drawing?
To become a successful artist you have to have clear answers for these difficult questions.
I want to thank you for taking the time to view Anna’s sketchbook video.
Remember you cannot force a style, you have to be patient giving it time to develop through lot’s of pencil mileage. Just like Anna:)
