Sharing student work

A few posts ago you would have seen the lacy part of this

napkin. Now you can see how well the student painted it

here!

It is very important to be able to show the subtle variety

of tone changes in order to fully render form on a two-

dimensional surface. That is what this student has done by

careful examination of each change of plane and the

appropriate tone for that part of the fabric.

Using a ruler is sometimes OK

The first photo is of the canvas on which I am doing the

preliminary drawing. In the lower corner you can see the

image I am working from.

I use a ruler when I need to really get long perspective lines

right, or else I can be in a situation after applying paint where

I have to make a lot more adjustments. Moving paint around

is messy! So get it right at the very beginning.

HOWEVER, I do not use a ruler once I am painting. I follow

the drawn lines carefully with my brush, but because I am

not using a ruler, there is life to those lines. They don't look

mechanical.

In the second photograph, you can see the image I am using.

I took the photo and had it blown up into a color copy that was

large enough for me to see what I needed to see! Then I

decided the composition needed some changes and so I added

pieces of paper around two edges to add to the image. You can

see the scribbled part that looks like a border.

After doing the above, I made a grid on the painting that is

proportionate to the canvas and started drawing!