Cartoon Nose Formulas Drawing naturalistic noses is almost as complicated as drawing naturalistic eyes. HOWEVER drawing cartoon noses isn’t nearly as hard. You can actually get away with a lot less understanding of actual noses and still be able to draw convincing cartoon noses. In this lesson I’ll talk about general cartoon noses. Which really … Read more
Cartoon Ear Formulas Out of all the features on the head, ears are treated most like an afterthought. I know that I ignored them for most of my drawing career. It’s rare when anyone really pays too much attention to a drawing of an ear, unless it’s just down right terrible. It doesn’t really help … Read more
Hair Drawing Tips Nothing ruins a well drawn cartoon head like ugly drawn hair. Pretty much, what you want to avoid, is the spaghetti hair effect. You don’t want your hair drawing to look like you’re just putting down a bunch of lines from the top of the head. It really doesn’t look good at … Read more
Cartoon Arm Formula It’s odd to have a body without arms. Arms and hands are very expressive parts of a figure. We’ll be tackling hands separately. In this lesson we’ll be focusing mainly on arms. Arms, for the most part are very simple to draw. It’s when you want to get muscular that things get … Read more
Cartoon Hand Formulas To be honest, just drawing hands alone is as complicated as drawing heads and figures. There’s a LOT to drawing hands. However, you can get away with not going too in depth with hands when you’re cartooning. Depending on how cartoony you’re drawing. In this lesson, we’ll go over: Very basic cartoon … Read more
Perched on a Page, according to Museum of American Bird Art Director Amy Montague, set the MABA record for the most art objects in a single exhibit: over a dozen framed paintings, 10 framed drawings, over 105 unframed drawings, and a table case filled with sketchbooks opened to favorite drawings. Also, one of my DIY … Read more
Cartoon Feet Formula Feet are often one of the most neglected parts of the body when it comes to drawing. It’s not that they aren’t important, it’s just that they aren’t very “glamors.” Also, most of the time they’re covered up completely by shoes so we don’t even get to draw them as much as … Read more
With travel out of the question, pandemically speaking, I’ve been occupying myself by making small oils of landscapes near to my heart but far from my vicinity. I’ve started with California, where I was born and raised. Specifically, northern CA, more specifically, Point Reyes, where I learned to be a birder. Here are a few … Read more