Robert Maddisons Art & Photography Blog
Some time ago I was asked to produce a coloured pencil still life for the book “Different Strokes.” I often draw on Mylar or drafting film as it is called in the UK so I completed the drawing on this surface. I like drawing on the drafting film. Because of its transparency I can build up the picture using both sides of the surface.
Cezanne was famous for saying that everything in nature could be represented in terms of the cylinder, the sphere and the cone. He also said “One must first of all study geometric forms: the cone, the cube, the cylinder, the sphere.” Although pencil drawing is the first art form that most of us encounter don’t [...]
Tags: Cezanne, cone, cube, cylindar, drawing, drawing skills, geometric shapes, paper, pencil, pencil and paper, sphereObservational Drawing In my opinion drawing from observation is the best way to teach drawing. it is obviously not the only way, but I think that it is the best way for to develop drawing skills. Drawing from memory and drawing from imagination are also to be encouraged. I don’t think that copying should be [...]
Tags: drawing, drawing from observation, drawing skills, observational drawing, teaching drawing
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