Art Internship Post #4

May 30

Today we looked the structure of trees and how the and roots go through the earth, how the branches show through the leaves, and how to simplify the leaves into globes. When the light is from one direction, you can use the shadow side of globes to describe the volume. Shadows of the leaves are cast on the branches. Consider the old trees. Their branches are twisted; none of their branches are straight.

We also learned to draw highlights on hair, just choosing 1 or 2 places to draw the main highlights rather than draw them all over.

Then we described a formula for drawing and painting clear liquid: the drop is the darkest close to the light; there is a reflective highlight away from the light source; and, because of the lens effect, there is a reverse gradation in the cast shadow.

We had a lesson about how to draw the ear, and we did a watercolor study for my illustration and started working on my final working drawing.

  tree roots, branches, and leaves
water color tonal study, clear water drop, hair highlight, and ears

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