The Artistic Biker

Art traveling and journaling

Month: February 2012

  • Midnight At Oasis 4: Developing Creativity

    This week Ivan Zhidov joins me for a discussion on teaching creativity in the classroom. Originally from the Ukraine, Ivan is a computer programmer, painter, mixed martial arts champion, a father, and an all around good guy.  The discussion centers around whether or not it’s possible to teach creativity in a classroom. The You Tube…

  • The Classroom 07FEB2012

    This week in the classroom we talked about foreshortening.  Foreshortening is a perspective tool where you show closer shapes of an object overlapping shapes that are further away.  For instance, in the foot drawing above, the toes are bigger and bolder than the arch of the foot. The arch is bigger and bolder than the…

  • 5 Minute Nudes Jan23-Feb05

    NUDITY ALERT! Duh! I am spending 5 minutes a day practicing drawing naked ladies nude figures. This is part of my #100DaysArt process where I pick something to practice for 100 days in a row.  Here are the 5 minute nudes for the week of January 23, 2012 through February 05, 2012. All of the…

  • A Brief Note 05FEB2012

    Hello Peoples! Thank you for all of your kind wishes and prayers while my beautiful, young bride was going through her ordeal.  About this time (midnight) a week ago (Sunday) she was hit with chest pain that went through her back and up her shoulders. It took her to her knees.  She managed to get…

  • Tips & Tricks 05FEB2012

    This week’s tip is a two-fer since you didn’t get a proper tip last week.  One of the things I have been focusing on during my 5 minute nude series has been foreshortening.  If you’re not familiar, foreshortening is how things look when they are sticking straight out at the viewer.  Imagine the finger pointing…