Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Article From " The Onion "





NEW YORK—Saying that he doesn’t want to let the perfect opportunity pass him by, local artist Brian Danforth told reporters Tuesday that he makes a point to always carry a sketchbook around with him in case he feels like making a stranger uncomfortable. “You never know when you’ll catch a glimpse of some random person and feel that sudden urge to sketch them without their permission as they fidget under your gaze,” said Danforth, who noted that there’s nothing worse than coming across an interesting and easily unnerved subject on the subway whom you’d love to stare at intently from three feet away for several stops only to realize you don’t have your sketchbook with you. “A few weeks ago, I was sitting across from this great older gentleman at the coffee shop, but I had forgotten my pad at home and ended up wasting a ton of time trying to find a piece of paper before I finally just grabbed a napkin. But by that time, I barely even had a chance to make the guy feel completely self-conscious by darting my eyes back and forth between him and my pencil drawing before he got up and left. I won’t make that mistake again.” At press time, Danforth was switching seats on the 7 train to get a better angle on a passenger who had unfolded a newspaper in an effort to block his view.


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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Prompt 100- Optical Illusions

Google Image Search:
OPTICAL ILLUSION DRAWINGS
and then try to draw one of the one's you liked/found.








HARD isn't it?

PROMPT 99 - HOW TO

In a series of simple CLEAR drawings (3-5), SHOW - ILLUSTRATE
how you do a process.

No Words.
Unless you really need them...





PROMPT 98 - I've Been Framed

Draw a FRAME on a page that precedes another drawing,
so you can flip the page-frame down atop of the drawing,
if you want,
but keep them as separate.

Make the frame THICK and DETAILED and ORNATE and cool-
a work of art in and of itself!

PROMPT 97 - PANTHEON

Egyptian, Hindu, Native American, Aztec-

Do a drawing of a GOD from a different religion than YOURS...
Ganesha is my favorite!

PROMPT 96- bringing sexy backlit

Arrange an object with such a STRONG BACK LIGHTING that
the objects
SHADOW is cast onto your page.

TRACE THE SHADOW.

Then, do 'something' else to 'complete' the drawing.


PROMPT 95 - random

Pick up a book at random.

Turn to page 95 & quickly stab
the page with your finger.

Do a drawing based on THAT word.

Write down the WORD & Book Title & Author

PROMPT 94 - hat

Draw a hat on someones head

that is a NON-HAT item

which has just 'become' a hat.

93 pop - up

TODAY, make a page in your sketch book into a
POP-UP page!

-Monster leaping
-Volcano erupting
-Train going over a track

Think of the 'action' you want.
Plan out HOW you'll engineer the 'movement' part.
Draw/build/make it!
(this might take 3-4 pages...)

92.5 exploding dog

Look at Sam's work. HERE.

I like the old stuff better.

People email him a
SIMPLE PHRASE
and he does a drawing that 'goes with' it.

PROMPT 92 - plus two

ADD two pages to you sketchbook.

Two NEW pages that did not come with the original book.

These SHOULD be drawings that you like:
-from someone else
-from your past
-from history
-interpret this as you will...

Monday, June 13, 2016

PROMPT 91 - SMEAR

Smear something on a page.
Let it completely dry.
Turn that smudge into a drawing.
SUGGESTIONS:
-Ketchup
-Toothpaste
-Motor Oil
-Tree Sap
-Blood

PROMPT90SYMBOLIZE

do a drawing that 'means'
LOVE
to you...
YOUR concept of it.

DON'T use words.

prompt 89- las dias de muertos

Draw a DAY OF THE DEAD skull.

Make it an OCHS or OREGON- themed one.


...and you NEED to SEE this brilliant film... so good...

prompt 88 - mini

do about 10-12 drawings of related items,
on the same page
each one no bigger than
1/2 by 1/2 inch.


prompt 87 - puzzling

do a 4x4 drawing of something very simple and recognizable-
cat
flower
eye
apple
etc...

THEN, cut it up and put it back together
'wrong'
tape it back in your sketchbook
with the pieces arranged differently-

86 reflection

draw something reflected in something else
NO MIRRORS, PLEASE


85 DRAPERY

Drape any kind of WHITE cloth over something and draw the folds.
It is up to you if you make the covered up object important or even
recognizable - but pay
attention to the FOLDS and how the LIGHT plays
off of the
valleys and wrinkles.

A towel over a pile of books.
A table cloth over a wine bottle.
A shirt tossed atop a stool.