PostsCommentsPayoutsmikeville (70)in #art • 2 days agoStudents embracing the "grid system" for learning to draw portraitsFor many experienced artists, the "grid system" can be seen as cheating and I suppose it is and wasn't available to us…mikeville (70)in #art • last monthFrustration with art: It's going to happenIn my weekly free classes that I teach to mostly children we sometimes see some extreme levels of frustration emerge…mikeville (70)in #art • 2 months agoGoing above and beyond in a sketchMy students have seriously embraced the tactic I taught them about doing pencil sketches first, then going back over…mikeville (70)in #art • 2 months agoQuick sketch of a castle by a studentI'm pretty confident that all children are fascinated by castles and will draw them at some point. I know that when…mikeville (70)in #art • 3 months agoThe unimportance of realism with people in your basic paintings: silly is fun!A lot of the students in my classes are easily frustrated with how difficult it can be to accurately represent people…mikeville (70)in #art • 3 months agoStudent does a watercolor with much more detail than I was expectingI teach a free art class twice a week for mostly children. We are open to all ages but the adults that turn up…mikeville (70)in #sketching • 3 months agoAsked my students to do a sketch and see if I can guess who it isWe work on mostly simple stuff here in my classes but I also have focused about 20% of our time on the intricacies of…mikeville (70)in #art • 3 months agoHighlighted student artwork from my classesI teach free classes for the community here once or twice a week and for the most part the students are children. We…mikeville (70)in #art • 4 months agoA student "quick sketch" followed by some minor watercolorsI have this little trick that I use on my students to try to get their creative side to emerge. Unlike with most…mikeville (70)in #painting • 4 months agoTrying watercolors without sketching with pencils and pen firstMostly, I have my students get a picture ready by first using pencils to get an outline and then filling in what they…mikeville (70)in #art • 5 months agoGoing back to basics with watercolorsMy students were getting kind of tired of working on portraits so we returned to something that most of them really…mikeville (70)in #art • 5 months agoTrying portrait drawing without grids after weeks of grid trainingWe have been working on portraits in my classes lately because I feel that the human face is one of the most…mikeville (70)in #art • 5 months agoMore grid template portraitsA student devised an adaptation of the grid program and I was quite proud of them for innovating on something that I…mikeville (70)in #drawing • 6 months agoGrid program for another pencil portraitIt was a bit of a gamble on my part but the students have really taken to using a grid program that I introduced them…mikeville (70)in #art • 6 months agoWorking on individual body parts in drawingMaking portraits is one of the most difficult things in art and if one masters the craft it becomes very impressive…mikeville (70)in #art • 7 months agoAnother village sketch by a student in my classI am really impressed with the progress that most of the students are making in my art classes. While there are some…mikeville (70)in #art • 7 months agoUsing a grid program to replicate a photo using pencilsI say to my students and basically anyone else that will listen to me that drawing a person's face is one of the most…mikeville (70)in #art • 7 months agoPencil sketch of a village by a studentWhile I am not downplaying the talent of the student artist in question, people tend to think that landscapes and…mikeville (70)in #art • 8 months agoUsing a grid program for portraits. Is it "cheating?"Lately I have been encouraging my students and even some friends of mine to try out a grid program to help them master…mikeville (70)in #art • 8 months agoA car drawing made by a student. I think it shows real promise for the kidIn my classes the kids are given suggestions about what to do and certain techniques to perhaps accomplish it.…
