TODAY'S FEATURED POST
How to Embellish Reference Using Bridgman’s Design Strategies – A Video Demonstration
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…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Studying the Portrait Using George Bridgman’s Book
October 28, 2024 - One of the most influential art instructors was George Bridgman who was part of a core group from the Art Students League back in the early 20th century who defined and refined the process of learning how to make art for commercial and fine artists. Bridgman was one of the first to define a process for breaking down the human form, and compared it to the machine and its mechanical parts, indicative of the times he was living in during the industrial revolution. His descriptions for defining the form were also very revolutionary, teaching his students how to see the human machine in planes and forms, using perspective to solve the dimensions, massing in shadows first before defining the subtle nuances of half tones in the light, and simplifying the anatomy into basic mechanical shapes…
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