Lessons Archive

The creation of convincing shadows with methods ranging from simple to very accurate and involved. In the workbook this is explained even more carefully along with simple tricks for 'faking it' with excellent believability.

New and exciting possibilities for the tired old one-point perspective approach. How to construct epic scenes quickly from a variety of vantage points, and predict their outcome effectively with few lines. This is one you need to learn!

An exploration of the automobile from casual generic sketching in perspective to more exacting construction from plans. Some additional useful tricks using existing photos for perspective and balance, plus templates to get you started.

The development of a design that starts with a primitive shape, that by adding to and subtracting from creates the finished object. This is a fundamental exercise that all designers use and should become part of your skill set.

A step-by-step simplified approach to setting up your perspective, along with grid construction for hard-to-reach vanishing points and logical ways to track lines around a form.

The introduction of a swifter approach to designing and getting a 'Mech' profile view down in three dimensions... both with and without vanishing points.

In this, the final lesson on anatomy, we will be looking at rendering the medial view of the arm.

In this video we will be looking at my thoughts on rendering the lateral view of the arm.

This lesson will continue my thoughts on using anatomical knowledge to inform my aesthetic decisions. This video focuses on the posterior view of the arm.

We now move into the final phase of our study of the anatomy of the arm. In this lesson I will give visual examples of how I use anatomy to help me make better decisions when designing shapes and edges. This lesson will focus on the palmar view of the arm.

We complete our study of the muscles of the arm with the posterior or back view. Once more we will start with the deep muscles and move outward the the surface muscles.

We continue our anatomical study with the muscles of the front or palmar view of the arm. We will build up the arm from the deep muscles, out to the surface muscles.

In this, the final lesson on leg anatomy, we will be looking at rendering the medial view of the leg.

In this video we will be looking at my thoughts on rendering the lateral view of the leg.

This lesson will continue my thoughts on using anatomical knowledge to inform my aesthetic decisions. This video focuses on the posterior view of the leg.

We now move into the final phase of our study of the anatomy of the leg. In this lesson I will be covering, through lecture and demonstration, my personal approach to using my anatomical knowledge in an actual drawing. This video will focus on the anterior view of the leg.

We complete our study of the leg muscles with the posterior or back view. Once more we will start with the deep muscles and move outward the the surface muscles.

We continue our anatomical study with the muscles of the front or anterior view of the leg. We will build up the leg from the deep muscles, out to the surface muscles.

In this lesson we begin our study of the legs with an in depth examination of the skeleton. We will learn to identify and utilize the key proportions, and landmarks of the bones of the legs.

Now that Jeff has the painting covered watch as he starts to bring it all together for the grand finale.