“Going Dark” With a New Kind of Pencil
Before we get started, I have to say that I’m a little late to this party. The “new” pencils I’m about to discuss here have actually…
Author: David Jamieson
David Jamieson is a Canadian-born fine art draftsman and painter, teaching courses in drawing and painting at Vitruvian Fine Art Studio in Chicago.
New Drawing, Familiar Face.
Today I published a new video to Youtube – it’s one of the time-lapse portrait drawing demonstrations I do from time to time. What I…
We Built Our Own Easels, and You Can Too! (Maybe…)
The Problem Our studio is already full of easels. We have somewhere between 12 and 15 of them depending on whether we’re counting the slightly…
Artist Spotlight: Randy Ortiz
One of the things I love most about teaching is seeing how students incorporate things they’ve learned at the studio in their own work. The…
5 “Laws” for Drawing Better Figures
I’m not a big fan of “laws” in drawing and painting. There’s an exception to every rule, so it seems that whenever I tell a…
A New Exhibition at University of St. Francis
We’re thrilled to be included in a new exhibition at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, IN. The show features work that’s representative of…
3 Ways to Reduce “Graphite Shine” in Your Drawings.
I love drawing with graphite. Nothing beats the control and precision offered by a sharp graphite pencil. But there’s one thing I hate about graphite:…
Why is Drawing Children so Difficult?
I’m currently working on a portrait drawing of my niece Frances. Actually, she’s not my niece. She’s my wife’s cousin’s daughter, which I think makes…
“Notes on Life” – An Exhibition of Visual Lectures
We were pleased to be asked to exhibit some of our class demonstrations and lecture diagrams at the International Museum of Surgical Science in a show…
What the heck is “White Charcoal”?
We had an argument at the studio yesterday. It preceded the opening of our exhibition at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, wher…