In “Drawing a Portrait on Toned Paper,” Costa Vavagiakis explains his process of drawing a bust using graphite and white chalk on toned paper.
Exceptional student work for the week of January 27, 2014.
Family Matters: Drawings, Paintings, Prints, Handmade Paper is a solo exhibition of Wendy Shalen’s self-portraits, figurative charcoal and silverpoint drawings, and watercolors.
In the February 2014 issue of Drawing magazine, Jerry Weiss has a review of The Silverpoint Exhibition, a group show curated by Sherry Camhy, which included Wendy Shalen’s Washed Ashore.
Three of Richard Barnet’s watercolors are included in The December Drawing Show at William Holman Gallery (65 Ludlow St., NYC). Through January 11, 2014.
George Bridgman created mural-sized drawings, illustrating his technique of using geometric forms such as boxes, cylinders, and triangular wedges to outline the fundamental shapes and movements of the human body.
Did you know the Art Students League has its own YouTube channel with over sixty instructional videos? Check out a recent drawing demonstration by Costa Vavagiakis.
In the January/February 2014 issue of the Artist’s Magazine, Dan Gheno’s Self-Portrait appears as part of “In Praise of the Unfinished,” an article by Jerry Weiss.
Read about a student’s moment of illumination in Pat Lipsky’s drawing class provoked by the question, Is it convincing?
Drawing from life is an accumulation of subtle events made evident on a page. Unlike photography, drawing is not instantaneous but a multitude of sequential responses over time…