Creative Catalyst Newsletter September 9, 2008
SAVE $10 and Learn to Draw With Confidence
With this drawing instruction DVD you will learn to draw as David N. Kitler shows you how to use basic shapes, locate important value shifts, understand the role of different pencil grades to create depth, locate and accurately plot objects on a page, and properly position the parts of any object, be it animal or plant, to relate to the whole. David combines these fundamentals of how to draw with confidence to help you develop a center of interest and to lead viewers’ eyes around your composition.
David reviews basic concepts and then demonstrates the entire process by completing a life-like, fully textured drawing of a ground squirrel. David is an internationally known wildlife artist known for his accuracy to the subjects he draws and paints.
Valid on Online or Mail-In orders only … Retail price is $39.95 – Sale Price is $29.95 - Sale ends Tuesday, 9/16/08
Archer PRE-Order Special Ends Sunday
Learn the concepts Sue Archer NWS, AWS, TWSA employs to realize the bright, clean colors and strong light that define her work. Sue breaks down her analytical painting process and explains the tools she uses with a series of lessons on pigment quality, design principals, and color theory. You’ll learn to control value and contrast, harness the powerful white of your paper, design negative space, and energize your subjects with complementary colors. The lessons combine clearly illustrated theory with live demonstrations and practical examples from Sue’s personal gallery.
Sue reinforces every concept as she works through a large wet-into-wet painting of a pineapple. You’ll master your palette and paint with confidence in Commanding Color with Sue Archer.
This Pre-Order Special ends on Sunday, 9/14/08. Our stock is scheduled to arrived in our warehouse on Friday, 9/12/08 … all pre-orders will be shipped on Monday, 9/15/08 and/or Tuesday, 9/16/08.
More about this DVD and a Preview
From Behind the Camera - Drawing Transfer
When I use an opaque projector, I think I’m denying myself the opportunity to become more familiar with my subject. Additionally, manual transfer of an image adds that little bit of distortion that is part of the artist’s style.
If freehand drawing is not for you, there’s a way to transfer an image and keep the YOU in your painting, without the use of modern technology.
The GRID works well for complex subjects. It’s a time tested method when working with two dimensional reference materials. The idea is to make the areas you want to draw small enough to be manageable. Divide your resource in half and half again, and do the same on your larger sheet (horizontally and vertically) Continue to make the areas smaller, on both sheets, until you feel you can manage the information in each box. The vertical and horizontal grid lines act as reference points.
Make sure both your reference and you larger sheet are the same proportion, otherwise their respective grid boxes will be different shapes (square/rectangle). Click here for a quick way to check proportions.
A view finder can help provide the same reference points when you are drawing from life. Basically, you look through a mini-frame to your subject. You can sub-divide the scene by stretching wires or threads across your viewfinder to make a grid pattern as you would with two dimensional reference material. Divide your paper accordingly and transfer your image.
There are many ways to make your drawings more accurate, but I will leave that for another day. In the mean time, David Kitler’s DVD is an excellent way to learn.
Cheers,
Lynn Powers
Image from Kitten News (above)
In This Issue
SAVE $10 on Kitler Drawing Workshop
PRE-ORDER and SAVE $5 on Archer
Quotes
“More of me comes out when I improvise.”
-Edward Hopper
1882-1967
“The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other man.”
-Albert Pinkham Ryder
1847-1917
From “Artist to Artist”
Compiled by Clint Brown
Kitten News
Many of you sent very nice notes regarding my feline foundlings. Two of the older kittens have found exceptional homes with art friends. The kitties will live the rest of their lives in the lap(s) of luxury. The remaining older kitten, named Mavis, will most likely stay here. She has an eye condition that makes her less adoptable. There is very little pigment in her iris, hence her nick name “Squint”. The younger batch and their mother are still too young for new homes. I’ll keep you posted.
(See picture at the bottom of the page)
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