Today’s video post is on how to push reference to meet your illustration needs using some of the strategies from George Bridgman’s Complete Guide To Drawing From Life.  This is a follow up to the Bridgman decoded videos I have been putting up on YouTube over the past two months.  The video is a 45 minute demonstration which you can play on 1.5 to 2x speed to get through it quicker.  I might sound like a chipmunk talking at that speed but you can still hear what I’m saying throughout the demo.

This drawing would be considered a first pass design drawing that could eventually be taken to a cleaner line drawing finish before the paint is applied if this was something I was in need of using for a finished piece.  I might continue adding to this demonstration by going through the paint stages with it, but what’s more important is that you see the information in use and hear what I am trying to accomplish with the information applied.