by yimiris | Jul 3, 2020 | Drawing
Exchange with social media friends – Firm and Soft Edges in Drawing 答網友問 – 素描中的虛與實 Dear Mr. Yim, I love drawing and have watched your drawing video lessons many times. I’m mesmerized by the firm and soft edges and texture in your drawing and would like to...
by yimiris | Apr 4, 2019 | Drawing
素描的長河 I was a student at the Affiliated High School of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1960s. When I first saw the drawings of the human form that Prof. Guo Shaogang (郭紹綱) brought back after studying in the Soviet Union as an exchange student, I...
by yimiris | Oct 23, 2018 | Drawing
This is the second post about sketching. In the previous post, we talked about the importance of sketching. In this post, we will talk about how to sketch and strengthen your sketching skills. One of the blog readers asked how to sketch a subject in action. The short...
by yimiris | Aug 11, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
The eyes The eyes are challenging. A common mistake is to make the eyes either too high or too low. Even an experienced artist needs to be very careful. If the proportion is inaccurate, it affects the entire drawing. This can be avoided by using straight lines...
by yimiris | Feb 27, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
Introduction The figure drawing is no doubt the most advanced genre of drawing. The human body is artwork by God. Regardless of its appearance – rotund or bony – the different shapes of each part of the body together create a magnificent unity. The beauty of life is...