Category: Drawing
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Drawing the Head and Hands, Andrew Loomis
in the 1940’s well known illustrator and art instructor Andrew Loomis wrote a series of drawing books that have become standards in the field of art instruction, prized by generations of illustrators, comic book artists, concept artists, character designers and others, particularly those who must “invent” the human form without constant recourse to a model.…
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Nicolai Fechin drawings on Inspiration blog
Wow. Francis Vallejo has gifted us with a collection of drawings by the superb Russian-American artist Nicolai Fechin on his aptly named Inspiration blog. Be sure to click on the images for the larger versions; in many cases they are quite large. Some of the images are a bit rough, I don’t know if that’s…
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The Elements of Drawing: John Ruskin’s Teaching Collection at Oxford
I’m most familiar with Victorian writer, art critic, draftsman and watercolorist John Ruskin for his critical defense of the fledgling Pre-Raphaelite group of painters, vital at a time when their ideas and approach were at odds with the prevailing values of the Royal Academy and the British art establishment in general. His defense of their…
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Ingres at the Morgan
Throughout my life I’ve been fortunate to experience a series of wonderful “Ah-Ha!” moments when I’ve come across a new genre or artist that made me feel like I was opening my eyes on a new world. Discovering the graphite portrait drawings of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres when I was an art student was one of them.…
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Nina Johansson
Swedish artist, designer and teacher Nina Johansson subtitles her website “Because drawing is good for you”, and its pages are filled with the ripe, healthy fruit of that philosophy, lots of wonderful drawings, sketches and watercolors. Johansson seems to take as her favorite subject that most perfect of all drawing subjects — what’s in front…
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Figure Drawing for All it’s Worth, Andrew Loomis
When I was in my late teens, earnestly trying to learn the art and craft of comic book illustration, I stumbled across a find in the dusty shelves of a used bookstore that popped my eyes open and sent me home feeling like I had struck gold. It was a copy of Figure Drawing for…