Speed Paint 3

Today we moved past the black and white landscapes that we've been copying into still lifes. With this series of copies I want them to do them in two tones while keeping within the one hour limit. They also selected their own images to copy, while before I gave them a selection of simple atmospheric landscapes to choose from. The limitations of the two color palette can be seen in my selection. I chose a Chardin still life that includes a green apple and some yellowish tones, but I went with a blue and an orange as my base colors, neither of which can give me those two colors. By using the value scale that Chardin has and by maintaining the temperature relationships, I can still approximate a copy that gives a similar sense as the original.

My copy is below.

Animal Anatomy and Drawing Links and Resources

Updated June 1, 2011

I've seen a lot of posts on the importance of animal drawing and various methods by various artists lately.  Here are a number of them that I've collected. Let me know if you have any other great artists and resources that I should include.

First off, a few links to interviews of creature designer and paleo-illustrator Terryl Whitlatch.

Dan Dos Santos interviews Terryl Whitlatch.

Academy of Art interviews Terryl Whitatch in two parts.
part 1
part 2

She has a book that collects her work on Amazon.

Gnomon workshop interview and DVD.

 

Animal anatomist, draftsman and animator Joe Weatherly has a dvd and several books on animal drawing and sketching on AnatomyTools.com The DVD and the Guide to Drawing Animals are particularly useful, though the other ones are nice too.

Marshall Vandruff also has a digital download available from Gnomon Workshop on Animal Drawing (it's on my wishlist).

Fredrik Persson's Horse Ecorche process shots on Deviant Art. Be sure to look at both gallery pages.

Article on Creature Design for video games.

On the proper use of animal reference in creature design

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 updated

Liu-Jiyou

Other Reference Sources:

Animal Gesture Drawing Tool 

books

Eliot Goldfinger-Animal Anatomy for Artists 

Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists

animal blogs 

http://thebigcatblog.tumblr.com/ updated

http://anelephantblog.tumblr.com/ updated

http://membracid.wordpress.com/

http://herpblog.blogspot.com/

http://animalblog.me/

http://fieldherper.com/

http://theroamingnaturalist.wordpress.com/

http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/
http://nutcase007.blogspot.com/
http://www.sybilofdelphi.com/blog/

animal photo websites
Bugs
Underwater Invertebrates
Mammals
National Zoo Photos