Posts in the ‘Charcoal’ Category
Charcoal Drawings by Ange Dudman
Construction by Ange Dudman
Recently I had the good fortune of being contacted by New Zealand artist Ange Dudman, who shared with me a number of her charcoal drawings that I’m delighted to share with you now. Ange, 31, finished her Bachelor’s in Visual Art &…
November 19, 2009
How to Draw Hands: 35 Tutorials, How-To’s, Step-by-Steps, Videos, Studies, Poses and Photo References
I’ve found drawing hands one of the most challenging aspects of drawing the human figure. You can get away with quite a bit when rendering the human figure, but get the hand wrong and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Once you start learning…
Philadelphia Artist: Paul Stanek
Axodendriticore by Paul Stanek
Fillmore by Paul Stanek
As part of this local talent spotlight series, animator Paul Stanek got in touch with me and shared with me some of his amazing work. Although primarily an animator, Paul also composes large black and white drawings as…
September 6, 2009
"Barn Interior" by Scott Tulay
Barn Interior by Scott Tulay
Looking at the work of Scott Tulay it should come as no surprise that he is both artist and architect. The drawing above was the won the 2008 Wiley Award for Excellence in Hand Delineation from the 34th KRob Architectural Drawing Competition (try…
July 24, 2009
"Nani" by Yury Kushevsky
Nani by Yury Kushevsky
Yesterday my girlfriend asked me what “Stradivarius” means; although I’d heard the word, I really didn’t know. In two clicks of a Google search later, I found the following definition on Wikipedia:
A Stradivarius is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation,…
June 11, 2009
Untitled by Antonia Franck
Amazingly, I couldn’t find any other site about or by Antonia Franck, who’s drawing above I stumbled upon on the Portrait Society of America site (definitely worth checking out). I love this drawing, you are practically on the couch reading the book right…
February 26, 2009
How to Draw a Skull: 50 How-to's, Tutorials, Studies, Photo References, Videos, and Inspirational Skull Illustrations
Ah, the skull. Universal and visceral, fascinating and beautiful. Symbolic of those most basic themes: life and death. We find it in pop culture, occult ritual, on shoulders worldwide; most importantly, we find it in ourselves. No wonder we see…
“Nurse Hypo” and Others by Phillip Jackson
Nurse Hypo by Phillip Jackson
Phillip Jackson, aka Jolly Jack, creator of the memorable “Sequential Art” and other online comic strips, has a great little sketchbook section to find a little inspiration. His drawings are fresh, sexy, and humerous – not a bad combination.
More below the…
November 7, 2008
Otis Sketch and Others from Chris Legaspi
Although his site seems to not have been updated recently (I could be wrong), you definitely need to check out the work of Chris Legaspi. Rarely do you find someone so diverse in talents: from fine art to cartoon, this guy has all styles on…
July 8, 2008
“Kristoff” by Richard T. Scott
Figurative artist Richard T. Scott is an artist from Georgia and currently works for Jeff Koons as a studio painter. He studied painting at the University of Georgia and received his Masters of Fine Painting at the New York Academy of Art.
March 21, 2008
