How the Loomis method makes me a better artist but steals my soul
In this week’s SketchAwesome challenge, I explored the Loomis method for sketching heads. It improved my technical skills, but I found the sketches lacked expressiveness.
Overcoming little struggles and rediscovering how tech can be good
This week’s progress in my Illustration Quest came with some challenges, like tackling flash pose drawing and rethinking my routine.
Can soluble graphite be used like watercolor? SketchAwesome week 1
SketchAwesome has started, and week 1 is all about experimenting with watersoluble graphite. It’s an interesting media that has a learning curve.
How to make a good art composition: start the right way!
Before making thumbnails, even before making decisions about what you want to include in your drawing, the most important thing a beginner can do to improve a composition is to ensure that the drawing will be made in the same proportion as the reference or view that’s being drawn. A viewcatcher makes this easy.