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Gesture Lesson 1

http://art.net/~rebecca/LifeDrawing1.html

The gesture sketch is important because: Mature artists use gesture sketching routinely. A gesture sketch can be a beautiful artwork in its own right, but it's also the first raw marks under a highly finished painting. Gesture sketching can be used as a warm-up and refinement exercise, just like practicing scales for music, or floor and barre work for dance.

The Rules of Perspective

Perspective

Analytical Figure Drawing SP08

Anatomy Lessons For The Artist

Big Guide to Drawing the Body by `Cedarseed on deviantART

I'm forced to agree with you, Patti.

http://forums.studioproducts.com/showthread.php?t=30924

Drawing Lessons - Cennini Forum

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http://drawsketch.about.com/od/sightsizemethod/Drawing_with_the_SightSize_Method.htm

Sight-size or right-size drawing is a traditional method of observing the subject, still taught in classical ateliers.

Sight Size Drawing Method

http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color11.html#scale

tonal value

Painters do not have the apparatus problems of a photographer, but they do face a similar value design problem: anchoring the middle value of a painting in a way that communicates the intended feeling of light or dark without sacrificing a complete representation of the tonal range.

Assigment #3: High Key

We'll be focusing on value for the next couple of assignments.

This week our focus is on the other end of the value scale.

Assignment #4: Low Key

Lackadaisy Expressions

Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions.

http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

Ultimate Figure Drawing Course Known to Man by Riven Phoenix

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Learn to Draw

Learn how to draw what you see, with these step by step beginner drawing lessons. Discover essential drawing skills from how to hold a pencil through to perspective, pencil shading, and sketching. Progress into portraiture and figure drawing. Learn About Drawing Mediums

40 Free Tutorials on Advanced Drawing Techniques

The traditional form of drawing and sketching is a highly sought after skill. Develop your personal drawing abilities by following this collection of 40 great tutorials on advanced drawing techniques, including general theory, useful tips, comic inspired art and some methods for transforming your creations into digital format. 1. How to Draw a Car Use a range of pencil drawing techniques to create an American classic, the Corvette. This tutorial from DueysDrawings.com covers the process from roughing out the initial outline through to shading with a range of tones. Visit Tutorial 2.