Clarissa

Great to have you back with the Success Sketchers, Clarissa!!! You jumped back into the fun by drawing some really cool buildings in 2-point perspective. Nice job of keeping the vertical lines (like corner of the nearest building) parallel with each other. Excellent job of drawing the curved roof of the building in the distance. The guidelines to the vanishing points on the horizon line are very well drawn.

Billy

Welcome back to the Star Sketchers, Billy!! Drawing in 2-point perspective is as easy as shooting an outside jump shot, right? ;) Great job of keeping the vertical lines of the boxes parallel and drawing accurate guidelines to the vanishing points on the horizon line. You've got a good eye for drawing things in 3D! Keep it going.

Our Teachers

Nathaniel


Your cool drawing style continues to improve, man! You nailed the 2-point perspective lessons, spot-on. Good eye for seeing the 3D boxes from different perspectives. On your way to becoming an architect? :-)

Gloria


So wonderful to have you jump in with us, Gloria!! EXCELLENT start in holding the pencil on its side while drawing accurate proportions of the plant. Great job of drawing the contour edges of the leaves. You kept accurate proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) and the control of your line work just got better as you drew with graphite pencil on larger paper. Keep practicing! :-)

Weeks Five & Six: Sketching, Composition, Form, Value, Rhythm

We've had very productive sketch sessions the past couple of weeks! Everyone got into learning new sketching techniques. You explored the elements of composition by drawing an agave plant and how to draw accurate proportions by drawing a dog. Everyone accomplished the goal of sketching loosely, quickly, and accurately.

Be sure to check out Gustavo's and Marcial's cool drawings in eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn! Click here


Above: Design by Gustavo

I look forward to drawing with all of you after the holiday break.

Happy Holidays!!! --Rob

Jose

Excellent! Drawing! Jose! Great job of loosening up and sketching quickly and accurately (you had time to make two study sketches)! This is very much how artists sketch from real life so they can capture as much visual information as possible. The contour edges of the plant's leaves look very natural. Really nice job of adding lighter and darker gray tones to show different values of green. Fantastic work on the drawing of the dog! The proportions of its head are drawn accurately and the contour lines are drawn well, especially the folds of the ears. Keep sketching, man!

Antonio

Whoa!!! These sketches are awesome, Antonio! This is a BIG step toward drawing realistically. It's really cool how you made several study sketches of the plant until you got one you like--very much how an artist would do it. With each drawing the proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) became more accurate. The contour edges of the leaves look very natural. And the lighter and darker gray tones do a nice job of showing the different values of green leaves. Nice composition, Antonio.

Stephanie

Stephanie, your contour lines are a pure delight!! You're gaining more control of your line work with each new drawing you make. The proportions of the agave plant and the dog are very well drawn. I really like how you drew delicate contours of the leaves and blended lighter and darker tones, giving it a very natural look. Great job of drawing the facial features of the dog and the folds of the ears. :-)