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Upside Down Drawing
In this exercise I’m instructed to copy an upside down portrait done by Pablo Picasso. As I went along I covered most of the picture with a piece of paper so I could only see a few lines at a ti… more →
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Upside Down Drawing
MuddyParasol wrote 2 days ago: In this exercise I’m instructed to copy an upside down portrait done by Pablo Picasso. As I we … more →
Vases and Faces
MuddyParasol wrote 3 days ago: For this exercise I began by drawing the left face while naming each part of the face as I drew it … more →
My First Ever Self Portrait
MuddyParasol wrote 4 days ago: I couldn’t put it off any longer. The first exercise calls for a self portrait, a portrait of … more →
"Pragmatic Wetware" and my journey into painting
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claforet wrote 5 days ago: I can remember it almost as if it were yesterday. It was not yesterday but many years ago when I had … more →
My Library
MuddyParasol wrote 6 days ago: One of the benefits of working at a library is that you are surrounded with people who know what boo … more →
Hands
notinmyleftmind wrote 1 week ago: A few drawings of my left hand. The simplest one (the first) is my favourite. I really like the wa … more →
Self Portrait - Before and After
notinmyleftmind wrote 1 week ago: The first exercise in the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” is to draw your … more →
Pony tale
idcoach wrote 1 month ago: The Daughter has a long fringe at the moment (think Christina Aguilera or Lady Gaga). It suits her. … more →
Exercising A Whole New Mind: Symphony
Rich wrote 1 month ago: drawing courtesy of Craig Spence Symphony, fortunately, is not about musical ability. According to … more →
How Not to Learn to Draw
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aka_lol wrote 2 months ago: early work by the former artrist turned blogger, aka_lol I drew the picture about 5 or 6 years ago w … more →
Learning to See Again
rosannebane wrote 5 months ago: By Rosanne Bane Writers have to read. Most of what we know as writers, we learned through absorption … more →
How To Draw Backwards
misterlionsangrycousin wrote 5 months ago: MLAC: Ideas for your cultural rebirth: I want a cat (favoured things) attacking a kid (unfavoured t … more →
You can draw!
jguerrero1 wrote 7 months ago: This is my second year as a high school Art teacher. It surprises me how many students show up the … more →
What have we been reading?
etnik wrote 8 months ago: Very often when we, literary types run out of topics of conversation, we fall back on that old favou … more →
So, what have we been upto, lately?
etnik wrote 9 months ago: It may seem absurd that we tend to blog about events as we remember them, rather than in a linear pa … more →
My Color Bookshelf 1
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carolwiebe wrote 10 months ago: Here are some of the the books from my book shelf which focus on color: Color: a course in mastering … more →
RIGHT BRAIN DRAWING
Sid wrote 11 months ago: You have two brains: a left and a right. Modern brain scientists now know that your left brain is yo … more →
Extra! Extra! Jill Bolte Taylor
djcnor wrote 11 months ago: Yesterday, my local library called and said that my reserve request was in, so I’ve started re … more →
The Clarity and Vulgarity of Pre-Loaded Pencils
Fraser Penpraze wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been considering buying myself Betty Edwards’ “Drawing on the Right Side of t … more →
