Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Old and New

check out the works of these contemporary illustrators:


James Jean


Josh Cochran


Matt Vincent

There are 2 parts in your drawing: the old and the new;

It can be something trendy against something out-dated; e.g. An old street with a lot of youngster/ a MAMAK store full with old and young people, etc.

  • Drawing Size: A3
  • Finishing: Neat B/W pencil drawing;
  • The drawing must show your understanding about Figure and Space;

    You are given 3-4 weeks to work on this project;
  • Week 01: Rough sketches
  • Week 02: Refining the pencil outline
  • Week 03: Add in shading
  • Week 04: Final touch-up Submit on 20 November 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

Life-sketch

guys, check out the life-sketch by these 2 artists. Interesting approach.

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josh cochran

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james jean

Saturday, October 4, 2008



tis my 1st figure~~

~~ziTian~~~

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Life-drawing

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Guys, be active to post your drawing here. Don't forget to make the image clearer.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

My 3rd figure studies

Well, Well ,Well !!! Figure studies? Hahaha! It's means painting, [drawing] or sculpture made for study purposes with a live model as the subject matter. The live model can be clothed, partly clothed or nude and the art work is a representation of the full body of the model, or of multiple parts of the model (such as hands, or feet). Figure studies are usually completed in a relatively short length of time that can last from a few minutes up to a few hours. Therefore these studies often have a sketchy character. For more elaborate art works the term 'figure study' is not used; the art work is called nude, nude painting, figure piece or figure painting.

'Figure study' usually refers to an artist's finished work, but it can also be used to describe the creative process.

"The live model can be clothed, partly clothed or nude."

Figure study is a general term that leaves a critical, sensitive criteria unknown. Many artist do excellent figure studies and would not want to be thought to be doing art involving a nude. In the same manner, there are photographers who do figure studies that almost never include clothes. Figure study photographs without clothes are often called figure nude photographs to more precisely describe what can be a sensitive subject.



In the 1st lesson, our figure 3 lecturer, Mr Sio Yen had taught us about
8 elements of art and 8 principles of design.... Hehehe!!!

The 8 elements of art is dot, line, shape, form, space, texture and color

and

the 8 principles of design is repetition/pattern, proportion/size, harmony/unity, balance, contrast/opposition, rhythm,directional/movement and emphasis/center of interest/focus.

This is a motto by Maurice Denis:
"Document that a picture before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order."

That's all,thank u 4 viewing!

Sorry 4 late posting!

Will post d pic soon...

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20 sept ,
figure studies, lesson 2 ...
today learn alot , which was the foreshorterning...
the posture ... old folks ...
draw alot at the class , around 5 sets ...
tired .. but interesting ...