Draftsmen Podcast
Advice on Quicksketch, Pencil Control, Bargue, Style, and Teaching - Draftsmen S2E05
Advice on Quicksketch, Pencil Control, Bargue, Style, and Teaching - Draftsmen S2E05
Marshall and Stan take a break from recreating art school to answer some of your voicemails! There’s advice on practicing quicksketch, pencil control, the value of the Bargue method, caring about what people think of your work, changing styles, and advice to aspiring teachers.
4:51 - What you should I focus on when practicing quicksketch?
20:08 - Advice on caring what people think of your work.
29:31 - What are your thoughts on the Bargue Drawing Course?
34:43 - What’s your advice for becoming an art teacher at a highschool level or higher?
43:37 - How can I improve my line quality and pencil control?
52:13 - How do I break out of my current style and develop a new one?
Referenced Books
Drawing the Draped Figure-by Bridgman
Heads, Features and Faces - by Bridgman
The Book of a Hundred Hands - by Bridgman
The Human Machine - by Bridgman
Constructive Anatomy - by Bridgman
Complete Guide to Drawing from Life 5th Edition - by Bridgman
Rockwell on Rockwell, How I Make a Picture by Norman Rockwell
Robert Beverly Hale’s intro to Paul Richer’s Artistic Anatomy
Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur Guptill
Other References
Referenced Artists:
Jeff Watts
Steve Whitehead
Preston Blair
Charles Bargue Art Course
Stephen Bauman
Thomas Eakins
Howard Pyle
Dynamic Black and White Illustrations
Madness in Crowds by Harrison Cady
The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley
Black and White Images First Annual Collection
Black and White Images Second Annual Collection
Black and White Images Fourth Annual Collection
Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein
Will Elder
How to Draw and Paint Anatomy - ImagineFX article with illustrations by Marshall Vandruff
Tem Larking, example of stylistic matrix
Gary Tanaka, example of stylistic matrix
Kino Finnegan , example of stylistic matrix
