Small Scale Realism
Ah realism. The art of creating a drawing or painting that looks like you could reach out an pluck an object right off the canvas. It’s a skill that not a lot artists take the time to develop. Some may think that there’s no point since cameras exist and you could simply take a picture. How much more realistic can something get than a photograph? And there are other artists that spend their whole artistic career perfecting realism, taking it to the extreme into hyper-realism.
Perspective & Cityscapes
The dreaded cityscape… at least I was dreading it. I don’t know, there’s just something about drawing or painting buildings that makes me go, “eh, not for me.” Well, it just so happens, that I’m no so bad at drawing and painting cityscapes. It’s still not something I’m excited about, but it’s something I don’t really mind as much.
Simplifying Complex Compositions & Indirect Landscape
The first assignment is about taking a complicated composition, like a crowd of people, and simplifying the forms. I’ll be honest. Never in my life have I ever thought to myself, “let’s draw a crowd of people!”
