Important info on next weeks class! Read This!

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The final images are to be finished for next week. Either bring in the final or the piece in process if you haven't finished it yet.We can only learn if we have teh art to look at in process. If you want to get in touch with me during the week for tips and advice, email me here: steveart1@gmail.com

Here are some helpful tips for finishing your work this week:


If you want to enlarge your drawing for the final( or you just don't want to paint over a nice finished drawing), you can do one of several things. You can grid your drawings and resize from there: if you draw a half inch grid on the original and then a full inch grid on your new paper, you can transfer the drawing square by square to the new paper. This will double the size of your image, making it large enough for using a lot of paint.

Another option is the Artograph machines on the second floor of Shaeffer. They are located behind the classrooms there you can access them by going into one of the classrooms and going to the door at the back. There should be several machines. they will project your drawing down onto a table so you can trace them down onto a new sheet of paper. You can resize the piece by lifting the artograph up which expands the projection.

Some people will use these machines to trace their photos or sketches down, which is a possibility as well.


I have recommended some books and help for projects before, but I'm going to give you a few more links and artists to look up:

Look up :

James Gurney
Tony Diterlizzi
MuddyColors Blog
Dan DosSantos
Sam Weber
Donato Giancola
Drew Struzan
Peter Deseve

There are a lot more illustrators to look up! Post new ones on the comments section on the blog.

*******Drew Struzan, CF.Payne and many other illustrators have online demonstrations of their techniques. Many of these techniques allow for the artist to see the drawings through the paint as they go along so they don't lose the designs they worked so hard to draw underneath. Many of these involve, applying the paint thinly and building the picture up. All of these require extremely solid finished drawings.

•••• Check out these videos for demonstrations and interviews with artists!

http://societyillustrators.org/VideoArchive.aspx