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Monday and a new week here at Fantasytree. I do hope you will enjoy your visit.
Last week I
posted a link to the famous Tolkien artist John Howe. Today's sketch is a master study of another of the most popular Lord of The Rings illustrators, Alan Lee.
It's a sketch of one of Lee's drawings of the great hall of Edoras for the Lord of The Rings movies. Drawn with HB pencil on regular office paper:
Another Sketchstorm ink pen drawing. This time a little hand drum drawn from life:
The next sketch for the Sketchstorm thread was drawn from an album cover. According to one of my favorite sites,
rateyourmusic.com this is the best recorded album ever. Indeed, The Beatles
Revolver does include many gems.This is just a rough, simplified version of the remarkable original artwork.
Drawn with a HB pencil on ordinary sketchbook paper. No eraser has been used as you can tell:
Another pencil study for the Sketchstorm thread. Drawn with a HB pencil it is another study from a painting by Mossberg.:
Welcome to a new week here at Fantasytree. Yesterday it was Father's Day and my sons gave me the latest Dan Brown book,
The lost symbol. Although not fantasy per se, his plots are usually imaginative and intricate. Really look forward to reading it.
Anyway, let's start this week the way most paintings are started, shall we? Today's sketch is another one for the
Sketchstorm thread (do join in if you want to!) I'm running over at ImagineFX. This time the subject was a wagon. Here's an ink pen sketch from a painting by the illustrator Colbus.
Hope you'll all have a great week.
Another ink pen sketch drawn for the Sketchstorm thread. This time an elephant drawn from phot reference. Tried to make bolder and more confident strokes when drawing this sketch. Also aimed more for the "analyzing not copying" approach that Glenn Vilppu advocates.
This daily sketch is another one that I drew for the Sketchstorm thread at ImagineFX
. This time a Raphael master study, drawn in ink pen as usual. A reproduction of the original along with 99 other master drawings can be found in Robert Beverly Hale's superb book on figure drawing,
Drawing Lessons From The Great Masters.
Another sketch for the Sketchstorm thread. This time a master study of a detail from a painting by James Gurney. He is the great artist and teacher I mentioned
recently. Drawn with an ink pen:
Today's sketch is some real life gestures drawn for the Spartan Camp at ConceptArt.org. These are drawn with an ink pen.
As I explain in
part 2 of my
free drawing lessons, it's very
good practice to draw quick sketches with a pen, since there is no way to erase mistakes. You also
improve the confidence of your lines since you have to draw quick strokes. If not, unwanted "blobs" will immediately appear. I used to draw with a ballpoint pen, but have found that a pen with more flowing ink is more challenging to use (and therefore even better practice).
Looking for a challenging drawing subject? Draw children and animals from life. You're lucky if they keep the same pose for even a few seconds.
Another Sketchstorm drawing. This time it's an ink sketch of The Great Wall:
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Another sketch for the Sketchstorm thread at ImagineFX. This time it's a U2 cover from "The unforgettable fire" quickly painted in ArtRage:
Today's sketch is a quick one done with ink pen. It's from the cover to the Dream Theater album
Train of Thought:
Some quick and simplified ink pen sketches of necks and heads of various animal skeletons. This is a practice that is suggested in the 5th part of the "Animal Anatomy" series by
Marshall Vandruff that is currently running in the magazine ImagineFX. Part 5 of this 6-part series focuses on the anatomy of the neck and head. This series covers all aspects of animal anatomy and is much recommended for anyone interested in figurative drawing - that is drawing characters and creatures.
Another inksketch for the Sketchstorm thread. This time a car in the rain, inspired by a scene in the movie "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielberg:
A Car In The Rain (2009)
Another sketch from a drawing by Frank Frazetta. Have been drawing on it for a while now. Used a HB pencil for this one, but the next time I will use ink - using the same medium as the artist I'm studying.
A master study drawn from a drawing by Jack Hamm for the
Sketchstorm thread. Used HB pencil for this one. I have often heard that it's better practice not to erase mistaken lines. Instead you should draw new, correct lines besides the wrong ones. That's the reason why I leave those lines when sketching.
Now I have begun sketching on my "Witches moon" composition. Therefore thought it would be great to do a study of a witch for the Sketchstorm thread. Being one of the most famous children's book illustrator of his time, Svend Otto S seemed like a good artist to study.
Here more information on this great Danish illustrator can be found.
I picked his painting of the witch in H C Andersen's "The tinder box" as a model. Used a Derwent HB pencil for this one, trying to think more about the difference in line quality that Jack Hamm emphasizes in his great books on drawing. Especially for the back and feet I used the flat side of the pencil in order to produce wider and bolder lines.
New week and I'll start with another celebrity sketch for the Sketchstorm thread. Johnny Depp, from a scene in "Sleepy Hollow" (pencil, HB):
Johnny Depp Sketch (2009)
A pen sketch that was supposed to look like Catherine Zeta-Jones (from a scene in "Traffic") but that I managed to mess up along the way. Anyway, it was a fun challenge.
Just another quick ballpoint sketch of a desert environment for the Sketchstorm thread over at the ImagineFX forum.
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