Monday, December 18, 2017

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Monday, December 4, 2017

Charcoal life drawing

 Drawn from life, 20 mins, charcoal, 
model Mercedes at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Monday, November 20, 2017

2 min poses

 
Drawn from life using marker.  Model Mercedes at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Adult Skeleton

The bright colors help me see the shapes better.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Teen and kid figure drawing classes



I posted the adult version of this back in July. I'm supper happy to be teaching figure drawing classes for kids and teens as well as adults at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Friday, August 18, 2017

Isometric Graph Paper



I stumbled across isometric graph paper this week and have been having fun with it. 

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Landmarks

I've been using this little character to help me set up my figure drawings. It's a quick way to get general proportions and a sense of the whole drawing before working on the details. The dots indicate some landmarks that I look for and the diagram on the right is how it fits with anatomy. 


Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Charcoal and Conte Figures



Drawn from life. Above 5 mins each in charcoal. 
Below 20 mins with Conte.





Monday, August 7, 2017

Head Angle Diagrams



The second one is an old one (from Jul 2012) that I edited a little before starting the one above it.  The top one is done in Illustrator so that I can play around with small adjustments in the lines. 

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Friday, July 14, 2017

Stages

 

A breakdown to show some of the things I'm thinking about when drawing from the model.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Proportion & Patreon

 
I've been working on putting together my notes on proportion. It's a new and improved version of the basic drawing course I posted earlier this year.  It's part one of a four part series that will eventually also include perspective, anatomy, and design. This is a work in progress and I would love feedback. It's the only way I'll know if I'm communicating concepts well.

Click here to view the book.

If you like it and want to support this project please visit my Patreon page Patreon.com/TanHend 
It's also a great platform to give feedback. If you do the exercises I will go over drawings an offer advice. Thanks! 




Monday, July 10, 2017