Tag: reference photo

  • Figures and lines. I missed looking at pictures of lovely naked people. Seeing the form, the contours, all that gorgeous stuff. After I spotted a great reference photo online, I thought why not try it out for fun? I found a picture of a woman in a bathtub. The intimacy of her, all alone, leaning […]

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  •   ABOUT THIS PICTURE Digital art. I made this using Sketchbook Pro on my smartphone! It’s a Galaxy Note 4, which has a lovely little stylus. I worked on this while I was doing my laundry at the laundromat, which goes to show you can fit creativity in at any time! This was a short […]

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  • Out on a walk, I found the cutest and most-nicely assembled bunch of mushrooms.   I took a picture. Once I got home, I loaded this picture in Sketchbook Pro and started tracing and modifying the lines.     It is a work-in-progress, so I don’t have the image finalized yet, but seeing the progress […]

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  •         ABOUT THIS PICTURE 8.5″ x 11″ graphite on paper. This took a little over an hour to draw. In an attempt to get some portrait drawing practice warmed up again, I started sketching from a reference photo of photographer Diane Arbus (reference photo is here). I had some difficulty getting accustomed […]

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