Stay inspired, and sharpen your craft with "The Pencil Progress" weekly newsletter. ✨ Looking for an easy way to render shadows and figure out your colors? Grab your free Grisaille Method Guide and master the secrets of values and shadows! 👉 Download the Grisaille Method one-page guide In this week's video, I'm discussing the Grisaille Method. The video shows an excerpt from the workshop "Baby Luke"! I show you a couple of different segments toward the middle of this drawing process. I start...
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Stay inspired, and sharpen your craft with "The Pencil Progress" weekly newsletter. Kickstart your creativity with the Goals Workbook. Time to get ahead with Q4 planning! 🎉 New year, new art goals!👉 Download Goals Workbook In this week's video, I walk you through creating a line drawing of a 3/4 turn on a male model from our weekly Friday Follow-Along series! I'm starting with the Procreate app and moving on to Photoshop, and I show you how I transfer the initial line drawing to paper. One of...
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Stay inspired, and sharpen your craft with "The Pencil Progress" weekly newsletter. Are you enjoying this video newsletter? Consider leaving a tip of any size! Send A Tip! This week, I'm sharing a fast time-lapse. I'm drawing a portrait of a fair-skinned model on UART 800 Grit Sanded Paper. I generally start with muted hues for broad areas, gradually moving to details and more bright, saturated colors. I used a variety of pinks, yellows, muted reds, blues, and purples to create light but warm...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Stay inspired, and sharpen your craft with "The Pencil Progress" weekly newsletter. This week, we're talking about drawing hair using colored pencils. The video below shows you how I construct the large shapes early on. You'll see how I focus on the big shapes and volume of the hair right from the get-go. No need to fret about individual strands just yet – that comes later. Early in the process, it's all about the overall form, and how the lights and darks play out based on how the light...
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