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Technical Directive 28 October 2014 The Basic Concept & Creating The Basic Concept means: to relate a part to other parts and/or to the whole. To relate means: TO CONNECT UP, not just to compare. To connect means: TO JOIN TOGETHER. As an artist you are joining or putting together various parts to make them [...]
INSTRUCTING SKETCHING FOR CHILDREN TECHNICAL SEQUENCE The following Technical Sequence is to be followed when instructing a child in how to sketch. This sequence comes only after a child has completed Drawing Basics and Reverse Step Drawing. These steps may only be delivered by a Certified Class III Instructor or [...]
Technical Directive 13 September 2007 An Overview of the Adult Courses Our adult courses follow a specific plan, paralleling the methods of the Italian Renaissance Masters. The method was composed of a sequential use of three main fine art essentials: LINE, TONE, and COLOR. I found that this sequence, which led to mastery over the [...]
Technical Directive 29 October 2004 Perspective PERSPECTIVE MEANS CREATING ILLUSIONS OF DEPTH ON A FLAT SURFACE. Portraying lifelike illusions is our main challenge. But you can’t measure depth by observation as you can height and width. You can only estimate how deep something is. For illusions of depth, we must rely completely on tricks. Several [...]
Technical Directive 30 October 2004 Slanted Lines Drawing any straight-edged object in perspective is easy when you know how to make a line slant correctly. Notice that the slanted lines of the cube below make it appear to have depth. Notice also, if the lines on each side were made long enough, they would meet. [...]
Technical Directive 25 October 2004 Plumb Line A plumb line is a string with a weight at the end. Hold the string in one hand and steady the weight with the other. You now have a perfectly vertical line along which to sight different parts on the subject and see how they align. Simply shift [...]
Technical Directive 22 October 2004 Negative Space Negative space is the space around any part of an object. It’s the space on the other side of a line enclosing a shape. It’s where the object isn’t. Place your attention on an area of negative space. Notice it has a shape of its own. much to [...]
Technical Directive 22 October 2004 Refining a Drawing There are two ways to advance a work: CONTINUE TO DRAW—OR—ADJUST WHAT YOU HAVE. Continuing to Draw An artist has complete freedom to work anywhere at any time. But that doesn’t mean you can act like a kid in a candy store with no one behind the [...]
Technical Directive 21 October 2004 Key Elements Let’s take building accuracy into a drawing to an even higher level. You can introduce another stage after your rough sketch. Carefully arrange certain KEY ELEMENTS to serve as stepping stones for positioning parts of your drawing accurately. These key elements include certain FLOWS. Flows A flow expresses [...]
Technical Directive 28 October 2004 Stay in Control A word of advice: CONTROL YOUR WORK OR IT WILL CONTROL YOU! To stay in control, work with one of The Three Basic Principles each time you observe. For instance, decide to work from large to small or to relate; then observe the subject. This is an [...]
