Drawing On the Masters
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Drawing includes three
and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything,
except the hue.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Colorado box turtle, graphite and colored pencil on toned paper, by Libby Kyer. This is a study I did for a little turtle who is the star of a book I am illustrating. I probably did 30 drawings before I came up with this one, which has the face I was looking for. She's unique, but I used probably 100 photos of box turtles to find her.
How About: Draw a subject using photo references only. Then, draw the subject from a live specimen. How do they differ? Did you use the same materials, or did one or the other reference group inspire you more? Can you tell that from the finished product? Drawing is more about you than the subject. It finds your take on a given object or scene. A close look at your drawings can give you tangible hints about what matters to you, and where your style lies.
Here's a book with more plein air work, drawing with watercolor, creating strong contours before or after color is laid in. A travel sketchbook is one of my favorite things, allowing me to keep in touch with my art even as I snap literally hundreds of photos to take home. Nothing beats a drawing done from life!
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