Figure Drawing week 3

November 29, 2010figure drawing, Sketches

Last week was split between a male and female model. An interesting observation of these two models is that both of them look angry while posing. I wonder if it’s because they don’t really like posing, and if they don’t like it why do they do it? On another topic, I finished a sketchbook in … Read More

Figure drawing week1

November 6, 2010figure drawing, Sketches

Started taking a figure drawing course this week at the Art Student League. It’s everyday for three hours. The downside of the class for me is the amount of long poses the models take. I usually finish a figure in 10 minutes tops, so I’ve had a hard time keeping myself busy with the remaining … Read More

Museum of natural history sketches

October 28, 2010Sketches

I went to the Museum of natural history this Tuesday. Mostly went to draw the animal exhibit. I feel I still need to practice drawing animal legs, especially ungulates’ legs. I’m trying to avoid making them look like four sticks. Drawing the exhibit presented a certain challenge since the halls were very dark. And also … Read More

Finished snorkeling book Part II

October 15, 2010News

Today I finished printing EVERYTHING for the snorkeling book. That includes the inside pages, the title page, end page, endpaper and cover. I even comped up two books. When you make books manually, there’s a lots of different ways you can mess up. I’ll have to be careful when assembling all twenty-some books that I … Read More

Figure Drawing sketches

October 15, 2010figure drawing, Sketches

Went to a figure drawing session last night . I actually was tired due to walking several miles to get to the session. Don’t feel I drew too well. Here are some 5 minute and ten minute sketches I did.

Metropolitan museum of art

October 12, 2010Sketches

I did some sketching at the Metropolitan Museum of art today. I have a few more pages of sketches, but I think by the end of the day, I was getting tired of drawing. I hadn’t gone to the art museum in a year, and i forgot how inspiring it can be. I mostly stayed … Read More

Finished snorkeling book

October 1, 2010News

Today I finished printing the last page of my children’s book about snorkeling (which you can see in my “work” page). I still need to print the title page , the end papers, and the cover, but the end of this project is within sight. I first started working on this project in February, and … Read More

Sketching on location

September 24, 2010Tutorial

It was last year, on my trip to Egypt, that I started sketching on location. Part of the reason was that I broke my camera on my second day in Egypt and so had no choice but to draw draw draw. Although it frustrated me that my drawing weren’t like the “real” thing, I realized … Read More