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I've always drawn and doodled. It's part of life. Whenever I have a pencil or pen in hand, I draw. My collage notebooks had more doodles than notes. I have never thought of myself as an artist, I just love to draw. When I started designing web pages, I discovered a few things. Sometimes people would want me to make a computer design for them. I found it much easier to sketch it by hand, scan it into the computer and then change it to their tastes. I also found that I could make some eye catching web pages by using hand drawn images. They just look so unique and classy. Of course they are also time consuming. Starting with the idea of using it for web page design, I started looking into drawing classes. I asked an artist friend and he recommended a class. Once in the class, I was hooked. I began looking at things differently. I began drawing for drawings sake again. I have taken three drawing classes from the winter of 2000 to the winter of 2001. I may take more later, but I'm currently taking painting classes.
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Drawing is really the basis of all 2 dimensional art. You need to be skilled at drawing before you can be skilled at painting.
Drawing helps develop the artists eye. I now look at things a little differently than before.
A background in drawing even helps me with my photography. It helps me visualize the pictures I'm going to take, to set them up and compose them.
People usually don't spend a lot of time looking at drawings, which is a real shame.
Sometimes the sketches an artist make often say more than their painting.
I tend to work best when I am loose. I have tried my hand at photo-realism, without much success. Oh, I do alright, but it's not me.
When I let myself go and free myself up is when I work best.
I have experimented with different media, but have found that Conte "crayon" work the best for my style. These are sticks, kind of like charcoal, but are not quite as "messy" as charcoal. You can also erase, more like lead pencil.
I enjoy drawing the figure more than anything else. Unfortunately, that is something that, for now, I will only experience in class. I do not think I am at a level to have the need to hire a model.
Most artists spend a great deal of time on the figure. If you can get the figure, you can do about anything.
If you look at a body, it looks so simple.
Believe me, it's not.
I have a couple of anatomy books for artists. They are not that much simpler than anatomy books for premed students. Hundreds of pages with thousands of Latin names, origins, insertions, functions, variations and perspectives.
Before my first figure drawing class I was a little worried. I mean, how often do you stare impassionately at a nude body?
I shouldn't have been worried.
There is really nothing sexual about the experience. Although you are aware of the human in front of you, the body becomes another object to draw, like a still life, only moving and changing.
I have included three galleries of my work. The first is of quick sketches and doodles. Some are new, some are old. The second is of object drawing from my classes. The third is figure drawing.
Be aware - if you are offended by the human body, the figure gallery contains nudes. These are works of art and are not meant to be taken in any other way.
