The Artistic Biker

Art traveling and journaling

Tag: how to draw

  • The Classroom 21FEB2012

    This week I discuss the process I go through when planning a painting composition. I touch on the golden mean, then quickly reduced it to the rule of thirds. I talk about cropping out uneccesary stuff and then how to break the rules for emphasis. Click Here to watch the recording of the class. You’ll…

  • The Classroom 14FEB2012

    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…

  • 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…

  • Drawing Class 10: Still Life

    Last week in Drawing Class, we discussed direction of the class.  I asked the audience where they would like me to go with the class and what they would like to see more often.  I took a lot of notes while working on this quick still life. There will be no classes this week as…

  • Drawing Class 9: The Eye

    Tonight in Drawing Class I laid down the basics on how to draw an eye.  I demonstrate how the human anatomy and life drawing can be broken down into basic shapes so that you can get a better understanding of the shading.  I also talk about how using the AOH method as a tool, while…