New: pencilsAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959steemhive-180932photographyhive-166405hive-144064uncommonlabhive-185836bitcoinhive-183397hive-150122hive-188619krsuccesshive-124908hive-101145lifehive-139150hive-145157hive-184714hive-103599hive-109690TrendingNewHotLikersmikeville (70)in art • last monthA student made a portrait sketch and asked me to guessI haven't been told if I am correct or not about this sketch that a student made of someone famous and asked me to guess who it was. I enjoyed the way that she was so secretive about the portrait…mikeville (70)in art • 2 months agoFree-hand drawing from a studentWe started out using the grid system which is simply an app on a tablet that will draw a grid on any image and allow the artist to replicate it on another piece of paper so that the art becomes more…mikeville (70)in art • 3 months agoStages of a portrait sketchNow that we have been working with a grid system for quite a while I wanted to challenge the students to try to do a portrait free-hand and not use the grid. I find the grid very helpful when…mikeville (70)in sketching • 7 months agoAsked my students to do a sketch and see if I can guess who it isWe work on mostly simple stuff here in my classes but I also have focused about 20% of our time on the intricacies of the human face. It really is alarming how many differences there are in one…mikeville (70)in art • 9 months agoTrying portrait drawing without grids after weeks of grid trainingWe have been working on portraits in my classes lately because I feel that the human face is one of the most complicated things to get "right" in art. There are a lot of schools of thought out…mikeville (70)in drawing • 10 months agoGrid program for another pencil portraitIt was a bit of a gamble on my part but the students have really taken to using a grid program that I introduced them to in order to do what I consider to be one of the most difficult things in…mikeville (70)in art • 10 months agoWorking on individual body parts in drawingMaking portraits is one of the most difficult things in art and if one masters the craft it becomes very impressive very quick. Most kids and adults can draw some sort of meaningful stick figure…ranartblog (67)in hive-185836 • 10 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Curly Hair with Graphite Stick - Ran Art BlogMy latest drawing using a graphite stick. It is part of my guide and review for drawing tools , aimed for realism. A graphite stick is versatile. You can use the side of the stick for…mikeville (70)in art • 10 months agoAnother village sketch by a student in my classI am really impressed with the progress that most of the students are making in my art classes. While there are some students that don't really want to be here and their parents are simply using…mikeville (70)in art • 11 months agoUsing a grid program to replicate a photo using pencilsI say to my students and basically anyone else that will listen to me that drawing a person's face is one of the most difficult things to do in art. The complexities of the human face is an…grobles63 (53)in hive-185836 • 11 months agoSketching With Watercolor PencilsThe following is a video I did demonstrating one of the quick sketch mediums I like to use, watercolor pencils or water soluble pencils. These are great to do quick sketches with especially…mikeville (70)in art • last yearUsing a grid app to make a portrait easier to recreateDoing portraits of people's faces can be a very difficult thing to pull off. Many artists will say that it is one of the most difficult things to pull of in art at all. This is why many of the…mikeville (70)in art • last yearStudent's complete Kinkade replica drawingI have to say that I am really impressed with what this kid has done and when you tell a child that they should draw whatever they want it is pretty crazy that they would choose a famous landscape…mikeville (70)in art • last yearImpressive church sketch by a studentI take great joy in my students being proud of their progress and in particular when they use some of the techniques that I suggest in our classes with one another. One of the thing that I have…mikeville (70)in art • last yearDrawing an animal portrait is even more difficult than a humanI frequently talk about how doing portraits of a person can be one of the most frustrating things that an aspiring artist can attempt to do. The various wrinkles, nose sizes and positions, as well…mikeville (70)in art • last yearAnother sketch done from a photographWhile we have moved on in my classes at this point there are still some students trickling in their work from many weeks ago where we were focused on the intricacies of the face on all humans and…mikeville (70)in artist • last yearHow much is enough on a portrait sketch?One of the issues that I think face most artists including myself is to know when you are finished. I think that this is a great burden for better artists more so than it is for beginners or even…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoDoing a sketch from a live model is much more difficultI have in the past written about how a good way for a person to understand the intricacies of the human face is to practice "copying" photos that they enjoy. I don't mean tracing them, I mean…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoAnother portrait made by a studentWhile we have moved on to other things in the class the "homework" that I assign isn't really mandatory in that the kids (they are mostly kids) don't HAVE to do it. I think that most of the kids…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoSlowly shading a portrait - it can take a whileFor some people, especially very talented artists who have been doing it a long time, drawing the face of a human is easy and fat... for the rest of us it can be extremely complicated or even…
