…but I cant even draw a circle!
Posted on | November 23, 2011 | Comments Off
Ah… Me neither, or at least not unless I am in a massively zen mood.
Mark Mitchell is a great children’s book illustrator and writer whom I follow on his blog: “How To Be A Children’s Book Illustrator” He mentioned on his blog the NY Times Blog was hosting a drawing bit by James McMullan, an artist I was aware of because of this poster for Six Degrees of Separation
I am blogging on this particular article in my Photoshop blog because of this quote:
“The ellipse is the Frisbee of art, the circle freed from its flatness that sails out into imagined space tilting this way and that and ending up on the top of the soup bowl and silver cup in Jean-Baptiste Chardin’s still life or, imagine this, on the wheels of the speeding Batmobile.”
Check out this ellipse article
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/the-frisbee-of-art/
Mark writes the following note and provides links to all of the articles. Thanks Mark! Students (and art friends) Read!
Here are 12 wonderful, illustrated articles
about the basics of “the lost art” of drawing — ripped
from the “New York Times” Opinion Pages.
They’re presented by James McMullan, the great designer and
illustrator of theater posters and children’s books who
teaches drawing at the New York School of Visual Arts.
The series “LINE BY LINE” begins with installments on line,
perspective proportion and structure and continues
from there, using examples from art history to
illuminate specific issues.
Pencil and paper are recommended.
1.) Getting Back to the Phantom Skill
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=VdFfHj0xcXOf2KYrSxD5PA
2.) The Frisbee of Art
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=sPUj0ATvMarbTY0zXuf2PQ
3.) Hatching the Pot
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=lap_cmoKtoSbcB6lsb8wBQ
4.) The Beagle Vanishes
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=W1Bg11jXEGrNIvmFlvNA7w
5.) Mother Nature Decoded
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=zmq9TOBL16DmEy3jXw7jww
6.) The Shadow Knows
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=yaIKHJOgcljTIeMUvuZHCA
7.) The Three Amigos
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=5PSWxet3iwUffueXsrfp4Q
8.) Plumbing the Head
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=bDZIm_ggsg7xm87bNz7MaQ
9.) Drawing Funny
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=Fq5UI4FhYMnVp6db4kSLZg
10.) The Chain of Energy
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=NQM.__CNT5_PSsmp2aFVNA
11.) Strategies to Get You There
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=KxzncDFBYLG2TqYBBAmnsA
12.) The Road to “Ten Unknowns”
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=KxzncDFBYLG2TqYBBAmnsA
To your continued learning and art success,
Mark
The “Make Your Splashes – Make Your Marks!” course
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=De72k&m=44uOjzNYV8mGyon&b=AIabTnrhhTCPKRq9yU9Csw
Mark G. Mitchell
http://HowToBeAChildrensBookIllustrator.wordpress.com
12148 Jollyville Road, #1512, Austin, TX 78759, USA
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