Abstracting the Figure, Diana O: Video Tutorial
Added 2021-05-06 23:53:13 +0000 UTCDrawing Simplification Method: 15 minutes
This simplification principle is the most basic yet IMPORTANT aspect of drawing, all else is built upon this. I wish I had been taught a principle such as this when I was starting out. They were around me but I think I was too stubborn and ignorant to understand their true value. So I took the long road instead. There are multiple ways of approaching drawing but the basis is always an approach of some kind of a simplification principle. Building blocks.
In this video I used an Instagram model that I've known for some time. Diana Oliphant. She was fine with me using her images for a video tutorial but she ask me not to make the images downloadable. She sells modeling image packs to artists on line as part of her income. So if you'd like to use more of her images please feel free to contact her via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/diana_jean_o She's absolutely one of the best. She understands lighting and has great poses at affordable and flexible prices.
Comments
I'm so sorry Carlos, I didn't realize it wasn't showing. I'll see if I can fix that
Bryce Cameron Liston
2022-03-17 00:37:28 +0000 UTCOh for some reason I can´t see this video anymore :( says that is private
Carlos Polit
2022-03-04 00:28:09 +0000 UTCI think alternative is a good word for it, or maybe even complementary. If I’m thinking right I call that one the fog method and it’s the way Sargent worked. They certainly can be used together and that’s the way I did most of my life drawing through my life. I’ve been focusing more on line and gesture the last year or so so now I’m letting that lead me. But either way it’s the same sort of principle focusing on simplified large shapes. Thanks Herbert that was a great question
Bryce Cameron Liston
2021-05-07 13:31:08 +0000 UTCThanks Bryce, helpful lesson! Would you consider this to be an alternative to the block-in where you basically chip away at your block of granite, uhh graphite, until the form is refined or could they reinforce each other, since you're producing a kind of block-in, but with shapes?
Herbert van Willenswaard
2021-05-07 10:22:37 +0000 UTC
