Feathered Friends in Art

Today, April 8, is “Draw-a-Bird Day”. I know many of you are familiar with the story of seven-year-old Dorie Cooper…

I Thought This Would Be So Easy!

First… I apologize for today’s sorry-looking drawing. What is it? Well, it’s two geometric blocks together. One is that weird,…

Now that I’ve gotten my oil pastels out again and started playing with them, I’m really enjoying it. I think…

I’ve studied color theory before. In fact, I’ve studied color theory several times, following along with different books or different…

I began learning to draw in June, 2015. That’s almost ten years ago! Of course, it hasn’t been a consistent,…

A simple question today. Who is your favorite artist? Oh, wait! That might look like a simple question, but it’s…

Having a “wish list” has become a rather trendy thing. Getting married soon? Set up a “wish list” so friends…

I was pleased — and also surprised — with this drawing exercise. It was from a lesson on seeing and…

When it comes to drawing, one of the first things we learn is the importance of correct proportions. I remember…

I reached into my bag of blocks this morning and pulled out another weird form — it’s like a cone…

Critiques are helpful; criticism, not so much. We sometimes confuse the two. The difference, of course, is that a critique…

I like to think of myself as a reasonably intelligent individual, yet sometimes the simplest, most obvious facts elude me.…

The image you’re looking at is from “Art Projects for Kids“. It is, obviously, from a lesson on perspective. The…

I’m spending quite a bit of time these days looking back, going through old sketchbooks, browsing posts here on the…

While yesterday’s video tutorial on drawing a cube was helpful for me, I came away from my practice — and…

I’m making my way through my 100 days of drawing shapes and forms, and today I pulled out a simple…

I have a little challenge for you. Just for the fun of it, tell me — in a single sentence…

I have a lot of art supplies here in my studio, and many of those supplies have come from Cheap…

I was so sad when this announcement came up in my Facebook feed: “While it’s never easy to deliver this…

In studying shapes and forms, we learn that there are two distinct types: geometric and organic. The organic forms are…