TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Figure I’d post some of these
Been going to local figure drawing sessions lately. There’s a local art studio here in Kingston that’s been kind enough to host monthly figure drawing sessions, and I've made it a point of going. Just got back from doing it a little while ago. Feeling recharged 🙂 It’s been fun to work from a live model again. Figure drawing is like the best drawing exercise. When I was in art school I always felt like…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Easy And Precise Projection Alignment
June 19, 2024 - I’m going to share a brief tip today on aligning a projected image with your surface when transferring a sketch or image. The traditional tool for this is called “keystoning” where you adjust the vertical or horizontal perspective distortion of the projector to roughly match your surface. However, I find this method often imprecise and fiddly and so I use a more custom approach. I’ve made a short video on the topic which you can watch here, or read on and I’ll describe the workflow. https://youtu.be/JKQcxUePYcM?si=W_VU0Dm7sVsEzZO3/oembed First step, this method requires that you have your projector connected to a computer or laptop. Open your image in your preferred photo editing program and set the view of the image to fill your screen so that it is big but you can still see all edges. Make…
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Life Models and the Art They Inspire
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Over the edge
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