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How To Draw Hands Tutorials So everybody knows that the hands and the fingers are one of the hardest things to draw. So here is a personal collection of different hand references, hope to enjoy it and never stop practice. Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page) Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932 Merlin hand poses via Deja View Hand drawing tut by uchuucacahuate on deviantart. Excellent hand tutorial by alexds1 on deviantart.com Mr. Useful collection of hand poses by Chrissy Fellmeth Collection of female hand poses by artrush73′s Study of the hand in minimal style

THE ART OF GLEN KEANE. Vermeer’s Secret Tool: Testing Whether The Artist Used Mirrors and Lenses to Create His Realistic Images “We didn’t know the outcome,” says Teller, whose father was a commercial artist and mother an amateur painter. “The question did seriously arise: Is this going to work or not? I asked Tim, ‘What if this doesn’t succeed?’ He said, ‘Then there won’t be a movie.’ I said, ‘Yes, there will be—it’ll just be a different one.’” David Stork, an imaging scientist and former Stanford professor with a side career in computer-aided art analysis, was the major scientific critic of Hockney and Steadman a decade ago. For his experimental purposes—using a device that Vermeer himself could have made—Jenison decided that modern lenses are too fine. Vermeer painted The Music Lesson in a first-floor room in his mother-in-law’s house. When I first talked with Jenison, three years ago, in his fully completed fake Delft music room, he was six weeks into the painting, working every afternoon for a couple of hours. Jenison still sounds a little surprised at how he has spent so much of the past decade.

How To Draw A Wave | Club Of The Waves This art tutorial, kindly donated by surfing comic strip illustrator and surf artist Bob Penuelas covers how to draw a wave the Wilbur Kookmeyer way! If you're like me, then you've probably spent a lot of time in high school class daydreaming and doodling a thousand perfect cartoon waves in your notebook. It's safe to say that ninety percent of us surfers have a habit of scribbling perfect waves whenever a pencil is in our hands. Hopefully the following pointers will help you change your throw-away wave doodles into actual compelling artwork that you want to keep forever. Remember, there are millions of ways to draw a wave and hopefully with these simple pointers you'll find a million more. So, have fun. Drawing a basic wave The following illustrations and captions by Bob Penuelas take you through the basic steps of drawing a wave… Step 1 Sketch in the basic shape of the curl, spray, foam and base of the wave. Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Add the rest of the flow lines. Step 5 Step 6 Tips… Paddler's view

Artistic Anatomy Is learning to draw anatomy in a classroom more secure (since there is a teacher to check the work and possibly a book to study from) in practicing artistic anatomy drawing, or should artists focus on just practicing from images on websites/blogs like this tumblr? Asketh - pjmx24 Depending on the size of your class and where you are, your teacher can be a great guide to help you and show you what areas you need to focus on more to improve and give you good material to work from! If your class size is too big (ideally a class of no more than 15 is optimal for a teacher to give extensive feedback to all students) you might not get enough feedback to really improve as much as possible to your full potential. Outside of class (or if you have no class) you should focus on drawing in a sketchbook dedicated for life drawing/anatomy. Hope that gives you some insight!

Mind-bending Photos Inside Nuclear Power Plants Katrin I Spectrometer, balance of neutrino 2011 Beznau I Nuclear power plant, control room 2011 Nuclear power plants are among the most exclusive of spaces, kept under lock and key to guard against disastrous accidents or terrorist attacks. For his series Space and Energy, Zurich-based photographer Luca Zanier gains access into the impenetrable depths of nuclear and coal-fired power stations, cataloging their high ceilings and endless corridors. Through his lens, these plants, which fuel our daily lives, resemble the cold, sterile sets of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 classic “2001: A Space Odyssey.” In these power plants and nuclear waste storage facilities, Zanier discoverers an elegant artistry. Zanier is represented by the Anzenberger Gallery. Collombey I Oil refinery 2011 Trianel I Coal-fired power plant, interior view of the cooling tower 2011 Aarmatt I Interior view of a gas sphere 2011 Zwibez III Interim storage for nuclear waste, connecting stairs 2011 Celestin I Spiral driveway 2011

102: Bus Stop Art, Revisited « Something a week The first time I decorated this empty bus stop schedule frame, I thought it would be taken down pretty immediately. It stayed up, though, for at least a couple months. I knew it would eventually come down, but I was disappointed that it wasn’t replaced with anything. Not a schedule or any other art. That’s pretty much it. I printed it off… and installed it, according to the directions. And, yes. I did enjoy. Like this: Like Loading... Quickposes Art1 The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used to create a work of art. Elements of Art are the visual "tools" that artists use to create an art work - they are what makes up an image or an art object: line, shape/form, value, color, space, and texture. Principles of Design are the ways artists use the Elements of Art in an artwork - this is "what we do with the Elements" - how we arrange them, how we balance them, what is being emphasized, etc. The principles are: balance, contrast, repetition, emphasis, and unity. elements of art Elements of Art are the visual "tools" that artists use to create an art work Artists manipulate these elements, mix them in with principles of design and compose a piece of art. For example, a sculptor, by default, has to have both form and space in a sculpture, because these elements are three-dimensional. line shape value color space texture principles of designs The Principles of design is what we do to the elements of art. balance contrast unity

Figure Drawing & Anatomy Links Hi all, This is the humble start of what I hope will become a nice resource for figure drawing and anatomy links online. Please feel free to reply and post any links you feel the list could benefit from. I will add them to the list periodically after they have been reviewed. Please be sure they pertain to figure drawing and anatomy only. Forums / Communities Rebecca Kimmel's Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum Conceptart.org's Fine Arts, Studies & Discovery Forum Reference Images is one of the largest resources for human photo references online... updated daily. Anatomy For The Artist provides a huge assortment of high-resolution photographs depicting the human figure in various races, body types and age groups to help the struggling artist learn anatomy. Technique / Tutorials of the largest resources for free 2D and 3D tutorials online. Books / Resources

Free art lessons, learn to draw sketch paint How to See in Value One of the most important concepts to know and understand as a visual artist is that pictures, scenes and still images are arrangements of value; light, dark and gray shapes. It’s these light, dark and gray shapes that the human mind assembles as a cohesive picture. Being able to see the world as shapes of value, especially colored shapes and objects, is a master skill to cultivate as a visual artist. It’s important to the artist because in order to compose and arrange shapes in our pictures, we must first see and understand their inherent grayscale value. The most basic and abstract pattern of dark and light shapes (A) is the first ‘read’ the mind makes. How do we train our eyes to see the world in value? To see these strategies in action, watch the video below or continue reading for the in-depth breakdown. Step 1: Ignore color information One way to see color as value is to simply ignore the color. Here is a Photoshop simulation of what I see when I squint at a scene: Example 1: Portrait

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