To the most part, to the beginning novice, a sketch is just an abstract shape. To the person who draws, it seems a very powerful way to express himself. It has always been that way, in both traditional and modern forms, and is no longer just a way to get an idea down quickly. For […]
The darkest graphite pencils are used on top of the blackwood that makes up a large percentage of the dark wood paneling. Their blackwood is usually of a dark, hard wood such as ebony, walnut, maple, or mahogany. This dark wood is very dense, and cannot easily be painted off. To paint graphite, the blackwood […]
It depends on what you are shooting: A pencil is the key accessory to the camera, because of its unique shape and its ability to be used with an interchangeable lens camera. A pencil would be best for people who are using a wide angle lens, such as an 8 to 12 mm zoom camera. […]
There are many methods. I believe that this post can be read as a catalog of a few of them to get an overall sense of the general method and to be able to apply it to your own work. As a writer, the first technique I use is the drawing itself. I usually sketch […]
This is my favorite drawing medium. (No, really. I am a fanboy.) The reason there’s such beauty in it is because it gives you the flexibility to draw whatever you want. I always like drawing on a regular grid. With these, there are lots of blank spaces that give you the freedom to go with […]
There is no right or wrong answer to that question and so there is no one pencil. The following answers reflect the experiences of the people who have used them and the experiences of others. These are some of my own observations. Others have contributed their own insights, and the opinions of many have been […]
“It’s a good question. A drawing is, by nature, a sort of approximation of something. Sketching is a way of getting at that. It’s the same thing: trying to make the object as true as possible, no matter how you can.” LAKEWOOD, Ohio – A Cleveland man with an outstanding arrest warrant for assault has […]
Struve is an app that takes a photo of a scene, and then stitches it together to make a three-dimensional sketch. It’s based on the work of a group of artists who called themselves the Stereolab, but who are now known as Daedalus. If you want to make a quick quick sketch, the basic idea […]
If you are using brushes to create a drawing, then brush-work is drawing from hand, to hand. You see you can draw from left to right, so I do do. The reason that I do is because when I do do, there is so much more motion of the camera going in the back left, […]
The number 1 pencil. The 1 pencil is a pencil with a single stroke and a cap top so it is similar to a pencil that is made for general use. The number 1 pencil is called the ‘common’ pencil and has a cap that extends over the rest of the pencil. The cap top, […]