The Artistic Biker

Sketches and Musings

  • Tips & Tricks 19FEB2012

    When drawing or painting, try to work from the top corner opposite your dominate hand to the lower corner of your dominant hand.  I’m right handed so I SHOULD start my drawings from the upper left and work across and top to bottom right.  Also, you could use a piece of paper or a dowel rod to rest your hand on if you need to work an area that has already been worked on.  This would keep me from smudging my drawings as often as I do, and possibly keep me from dragging paint everywhere.    I won’t go into how this came up this week, just trust me.  How’s that Beatle’s song go? IIIIIIIIIIIII should’ve known better….

  • Daddy-Daughter Breakfast 18FEB2012

    Daddy/Daughter Breakfast Sketches
    We didn’t get our usual spot at the bar this week. However, our table gave me a neat view of the architecture surrounding the cash register.  As I don’t usually draw stuff like that, I thought I’d take a stab at it.  Girl2 was inspired to draw a bird with a worm.

    Fashion Maven
     My little fashion maven loves the bright colors and the pink!  Everyone thinks this is adorable now. I used to get made fun of for wearing practically this same outfit in high school.  It was the ’80s.  It was in style then.

  • The Classroom 14FEB2012

    Negative Spaces

    This week in the classroom we talked about negative spaces.  Negative space the area not occupied by your subject.  You try to only see the shape made by where your subject isn’t.  Dede (@inkiwell) aptly described it as drawing the air around you subject.  This is not to be confused with a silhouette. A silhouette is the outer perimeter of your subject drawn as a shape.  If you cut the silhouette out, you will be left with the negative space.  This is a handy tool to help understand better some part of your subject that might be confusing to the eye.  For instance, if you are having difficulty with the perspective of the rails of a bar stool, focusing on the negative space will trick your eye into seeing what’s going on.

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  • This ain’t Mardi Gras, it’s Jeudi Gras!

    Art journal entry for Jeudi Gras

    The Lenten season is upon us and even though I’m not Catholic (or any of the other faiths that lend themselves to Lenten behavior) my wife is. That makes my kids Catholic by proxy.  That means we are all expected to make sacrifices or commitments for Lent.  As difficult as it is, I will once again be giving up celibacy and sobriety for Lent.  Those of you who have been around for a while know this is an annual event for me.

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  • 5 Minute Nudes Feb06-Feb12

    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 February 06, 2012 through February 12, 2012.

    All of the previous 5 minute nudes may be found in the Gallery under 5 minute nudes.

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