In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a three-dimensional effect on paper you need just three - white, black and medium gray.
If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it. - Stan Smith
If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it.
- Stan Smith
When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can. - Stan Smith
When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.
In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a… - Stan Smith
In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a…
Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to check the accuracy of your drawin… - Stan Smith
Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to check the accuracy of your drawin…
Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay. - Stan Smith
Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay.
Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify. - Stan Smith
Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify.
Sweeping gestures from the shoulder allow you to make generous marks, well suited to large scale work. You don't get anything simpler than this - I'm… - Stan Smith
Sweeping gestures from the shoulder allow you to make generous marks, well suited to large scale work. You don't get anything simpler than this - I'm…
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. - Stan Smith
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist. - Stan Smith
Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist.
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