Freeway Overpass

FREEWAY OVERPASS, markers and charcoal, 11” x 17”.Why do thumbnails? It’s a low-risk way of thinking visually.My goal here is to capture a feeling of speed and drama. I want to convey the headlong race of forms stretching across the landscape.I try a …

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Step-by-Step of the Underdrawing

The Artist’s Guide to Sketching isn’t really a “how-to” book, but we do have a chapter with a with a step-by-step sequence explaining a method for achieving accurate measurements and perspective.Here’s how you do it: first rough in the big shapes, chec…

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Gang Members as Models

Gang members may look intimidating, but if you catch them in public places, they make great models.Two Young Gang Members, published in The Artist’s Guide to SketchingThis idea applies to goths, bikers, punkers, ravers, metalheads & bodybuilders. I…

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