Monthly Archives: May 2010

Guidelines for Pencil Portrait Drawing – Tone and Form in Relation to Plasticity

* Tone and Shape – are two of the 4 elements of drawing. The other two are line and texture. In this commentary we will discuss the idea of plasticity and how it relates to the concepts of tone and form. * Elasticity – is the visual push and pull of lights and darks which, … Continue reading

Predict Your Future!

You can predict your future. You really can predict your own success or your own failure. “Nonsense!” you say? It really is true. Consider this. If you have absolutely no control over your future, then why worry about anything? Whatever is going to happen to you is going to happen anyway, right? That’s called fate. … Continue reading