Author Archives: Matt

20200324 #design #drawing I have been drawing but not posting. Want to learn more about world press. Watching a class on Linked in Learning.

Wisdom 20200314 When learning to Draw it is best to draw items from nature. Draw the entire item, not small details. Consider taking an orange or kiwi and cutting it transversals and drawing the inside.

20200319 Working on drawing the entire plant and getting the branches correctly in relation to one another. Getting the leaves looking correct is a challenge.

20200318 #Design #Draw Drawing a green pepper today. Took some advice and picked a center point. From there I plotted out the sections around the top. Then want and filled in the details. Not good but it feels like progress.

20200317 #Design #Draw Working on drawing the entire plant. Feels like moving backwards. Getting everything in proportion and “lining up” is difficult.

20200316 #Design #Draw Working on drawing a Jade Tree. The “trunk” is pretty interesting to draw. Getting the angle the trunk is at is difficult. Getting the leaves I’m proper perspective and proportion is difficult.

20200315 #Design #Draw Drawing round things is hard right now. Getting the shape correct is difficult. Also the lines the delineate the shape are harder to see.

20200314 #Drawing #Wisdom When learning to draw consider using things from nature, not man made items. An orange or kiwi cut transversely can be very interesting material. To show depth vary the weight of your line. Heavier is closer thiner is further away.

20200314 #Design #Draw Observed drawings, using living things as subjects, is a curriculum in design. A week into drawing, found living things around the house, my approach to breaking down what is being drawn transforms from creating outlines and copying lines to breaking down component parts. Observing how parts connect, hide one another and createContinue reading “Learning”