Proportions_Part 1. The body. Richer. Anatomie Artistique

Construction is one of the most important aspect when learning how to draw the figure.

Not only it will help you to create more solid drawings when drawing from life at a life drawing classes or when sketching in the street but it will also allow you to draw from imagination without references.

Here is already a little gem that was recommended to me by Scott Eaton when I attended an anatomy training many years ago.

The following pages will show you how the entire body relates to the height of a head.

Those are obviously generic proportions and will not apply in all circumstances but this will be a very good starting point to use as reference when drawing from life.

Big Hero 6 / John Singer Sargent

I just saw Big Hero 6 this week end and it was fun to see John Singer Sargent used as an inspiration for one of Fred's portrait paintings.

The painting was done by Ryan Lang and the underdrawing by Jin Kim

Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie)

Some brainless animals killed some of the most respected French cartoonists last week in Paris including my childhood hero #Cabu

This day will always be remembered as the day everybody stood for #CharlieHebdo #jeSuisCharlie #raiseYourPencils #noFear Here is my modest contribution

Figure Drawing Tutorial Demo with Steve Huston

One of my Life Drawing classmates recommended me to check New Masters Academy and I must admit those videos are great.

Here is an other excellent Life drawing demo by Steve Huston where he shares his thought process when approaching life drawing

Charcoal pencil sharpening tutorial

Lavender Hill studios

  Karl Gnass. He gives a good explanation on how to sand the lead at the end


Proko (Watts atelier) Bradwynn

Jones (Watts atelier)

New masters academy - Charcoal workflow

Thanks to that great video I finally understood how to erase when working with charcoal pencils!

Great introduction to charcoal pencil drawing and excellent free walkthrough.

"Elegance in Motion" exhibition at The Strand gallery

I haven't had much time to post here lately but some interesting posts are coming very soon I promise, fresh from the London's Notting Hill carnival and a Drawing on Location meetup I attended this Saturday with a bunch of friends.

In the meantime, I would like to talk about "Elegance in Motion", a friend's exhibition coming up very soon in Central London. 

My friend Poppy Waddilove is a young talented artist and fellow life drawing attendee whose work will be on show at the Strand Gallery on the first week of London's Fashion week, from the 9th to the 14th of Septembre.

Before disturbing Adrian Dutton's Life drawing class with the smell of Turpentine and the sound of aggressive brush strokes, Poppy studied Fashion illustration at the London College of Fashion after which she decided to dedicate her time to work on Fashion Illustration and Paintings in her Bethnal Green atelier.

Poppy has already exhibited at different galleries in London: Salon Sixteen, Artica gallery to name a few, but this will be her first solo exhibition so make sure you visit the Strand Gallery, 32 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6BP to admire her work and maybe buy a piece or two before the beginning of Fashion week! 

I already know which piece I want!