Jonathan Day
Mad about drawing. Middle-aged, tall, not yet too fat. Home: the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. Earned Ph.D. in Physics, OSU, 2008; currently making living as artist. Go figure.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Artistic Anatomy of the Leg: Back View
This tutorial is a continuation of Artistic Anatomy of the Leg: Front View Again, we need to start with the skeleton. Here are sketched the bones of pelvis and leg, and the outlines of the musculature, as seen from the … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy for the artist, Art, how to draw the figure
Tagged anatomy, art, artistic, Beauty, drawing, figurative, figure, how to draw, human, sketch, tutorial
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The Artistic Anatomy of the Leg: Front View
The artistic anatomy of the leg is, in practice, fairly simple. However, we will need to look at some things hidden well under the skin to get a real understanding of the leg’s structure, and this may at times seem … Continue reading
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Tagged anatomy, art, artistic, figurative, figure, how to draw, human, leg, Life, sketch, tutorial
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Why Are Artists All Such Knee-Jerk Leftists?
OK — not all of them. But you know what I’m talking about. So here’s the deal. “Leftist” means socialist. And “socialism,” if it means anything, means government control of the economy. And if you look around, at the countries … Continue reading
Posted in Musing
Tagged art, artists, communism, conformity, economy, left, leftist, liberal, poverty, prosperity, socialism
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Drawing Hands Reaching/Holding/Beseeching: Some Examples
This is an addendum to my last post about drawing hands: hands making holding or reaching or beseeching gestures. I’m posting some examples. These were done from imagination, following the rules I have described in other tutorials.
Posted in anatomy for the artist, Art, drawing, How to draw hands, how to draw the figure
Tagged anatomy, art, artistic, drawing, figurative, figure, hands, how to draw, human, tutorial
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Beauty Is Not (Just) In the Eye of the Beholder
The title of this post is meant to be provocative.The old saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is in fact true, taken in its original, narrow meaning. Looking only at art, it means that an art object … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Musing
Tagged art, Beauty, craft, craftsmanship, Modern, Modernism, objective, subjective
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Hands: Gestures of Holding, Seen From the Pinky Side
Today, I’m going to look at how to draw the hand, making a gesture of holding or beseeching, as seen from the little finger side. This tutorial goes with some others: Drawing Hands: More on Gestures with Bent Fingers, Drawing … Continue reading
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Tagged anatomy, art, artistic, drawing, figurative, figure, hands, how to draw, human, tutorial
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Revision to earlier post
OK, I just learned about Captcha. So now it’s not necessary for commenters to this blog to register and sign in. You just have to go through filling out a Captcha form. It still just royally ticks me off that … Continue reading
Goddess In the Garden
Connection speed slow — few words now.
Posted in Art, Block print
Tagged art, Beauty, block print, celebration, coffee, female, figurative, figure, goddess, human, imagination, imaginative, linocut, linoleum
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The Comment Spammers Have Won
I really didn’t want to have to do this. I wanted anybody to be able to post any kind of comment on my blog, no restrictions. I thought I might have to deal now and then with something nasty, but … Continue reading