Charcoal Sketching Demonstration

Focusing on the skeletal structure of the arm and mechanisms of movement, the functions and characteristics of the upper arm (humerus) and forearm (radius and ulna) are explained.

Provides methods to simplify ear painting: from geometrical outlining, detailing structural lines, and finally using shadow to emphasize the sense of solidity, and suggests to start with plaster corners for practice.

Explain the basic proportions and shapes of painted boots, simplify shapes, and set up viewpoints and vanishing points to apply perspective.

The concept of "dichotomy of light and dark" is introduced to simplify the light and shadow of an object into light and dark surfaces, which helps to understand the structure of light and shadow more clearly.

The article shares the key points of mask sketching structure, understanding its features by simplifying the shapes, such as using oval shape for forehead and round shape for cheeks.

The article documents a still-life demonstration of a lion's head, focusing on the structure of the lion's head and trunk, and helping the reader to grasp the overall structure of the lion by simplifying the form.

The article shares the basic structure of drawing a pigeon, from head, wings, and body proportions to legs and tail, and provides steps for drawing a pigeon.

This article documents a monkey classroom demonstration and describes the primate body structure and how it is drawn.

This post documents this week's charcoal sketching class, which focuses on the basic techniques of how to draw a pot.