One Absolutely Crazy Post

So, here's the cool post I promised to make up for my lack of posting:

First we have a great video about building value structure QUICKLY in your drawing. Granted, this guy is using a pencil (which he is holding the wrong way in my opinion), but what he talks about here applies very directly to what we're doing in class with conte instead of graphite.

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Next, we have two videos that have nothing to do with this class, but are just for pure shits and giggles:

1st up, a video by a guy who calls himself "Linkara". Linkara does internet reviews of really bad comic books. This is a video of his I particularly enjoy:



2nd, we have a video by "The Nostalgia Critic". The nostalgia critic complains about bad movies from his childhood and teenage years mostly. This is his review of "Free Willy":

The Artists We Looked At In The "Unity" Discussion

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Hamilton

Fernando Bryce

Piet Mondrian

Forgive The Lack Of Posts

As Christa so kindly pointed out, I haven't been as diligent at posting new stuff on the blog lately. I blame not having a car. I can't believe just how many things in one's life are affected by not having transportation, even things I would never have thought would be. It seems like when a huge chunk of your time is spent trying to arrange a ride or borrow a vehicle and calling the mechanic to get updates, you reach task saturation easily. Below, I have posted some examples of the technique we worked on in class last week. Late, yes. My apologies. I'll have something really nice for the blog soon to make up for my sluggishness...

Tree Drawings

I know you have already done the assignment (at least you should have by now), so forgive me for being so late about posting these:

Black & White Conte On Toned Paper

Forgive me for being so late with posting these:

Homework Due Tuesday, September 21

Outside Assignment:

o Portrait from Life
o Working from a life sitter, draw a portrait employing the same techniques used in class.
o Pay attention to planes
o Give yourself a strong light source
o Materials
• Vine charcoal/black conte, chamois, hard eraser, good-quality white paper (22”x30”)

A Really Good Documentary On Caravaggio