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Drawing

Old Lock – a New Charcoal Drawing

Tis the Season With Christmas just around the corner, I’ve been busy working on the first of a few gift drawings. Having just finished my vine charcoal drawing from the previous post, my head was fully in charcoal mode and…

Daniel Hanawalt
December 5, 2009
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Drawing

Vine Charcoal Drawing – Finished!

Back at the Easel Hello friends. At long last I was able to get back into the studio (a.k.a. – the corner of my bedroom) and revisit the vine charcoal drawing I’ve been working on since September. Fall is the…

Daniel Hanawalt
November 22, 2009
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Drawing

Indonesian Children (Vine Charcoal Drawing) – Part II

Picking Up Where I Left Off Greetings to you, my faithful readers! Being on vacation for the past week (ah, so nice…), I wanted to take some time tonight to put up a short post since I haven’t done so…

Daniel Hanawalt
September 30, 2009

Drawing

New Drawing – Two Indonesian Children

A Boot-Maker With No Boots… Since late June I’ve been working through the Bargue course as well as the painting from the previous post, “Oil Painting – More Progress”. My work on the Bargue course is, of necessity and design,…

Daniel Hanawalt
September 13, 2009
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Painting

Oil Painting – More Progress

My goal for this session was to complete the grisaille underpainting. I had originally begun the painting by toning the canvas with raw umber, intending that the tone would show through in some areas of the finished painting. It seems, however, that I have a knack for constantly finding new approaches while obsessively reading about painting and drawing.

Daniel Hanawalt
August 23, 2009
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Bargue Method

Bargue Plate 1.7 Walkthrough

Tonight I'm going to walk you through the process I've been using to complete the Bargue drawings, step by step, with a little more detail on the use of the sight-size technique.