Wayne Thiebaud was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings. – 1920 – 2021ddd
In addition to being a great artist, Wayne Thiebaud was an educator for many years. He mentioned that simply getting through a figure was no easy job. Let’s look at the way he used his pencil. Before we go further with anatomy let’s see how good your drawing can be – of the figure you are currently capable of drawing.Â
Some Lessons: Shadows have edges. Not all edges are lines. Shadow and line express form. Darks compete.
- Prepare: Get your materials together. If you don’t know anything about materials – find out what you are using. (ask me).
- Plan: decide what you are going to include. Sometimes it is easier to decide what you are going to leave out.Â
- Build: Play loosely to see if your decisions fit into the idea you just had.
- Develop: Slowly bring out the elements in your drawing.Â
- Finish: Spend as much time as possible working on the drawing you think you are near the ending. Go slow here.