Lessons Archive

Robert tells of the importance of sketchbooking and its essential role in your development as an artist.

Here Jeff will close out the phase and congratulate you on making it through all of Inking!

In this final installment of Inking in the Watts Atelier Online Program, Jeff with ink an Edwin Austin Abbey. Not only was Abbey an exceptional inker, but also a great painter. You can see his tonal painting skills present in this drawing of a grim reaper type character.

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In this next study Jeff will ink a very subtle drawing by the great designer Alphonse Mucha.

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Next, Jeff will embark on the journey of inking Solomon J. Solomon's Samson. In this 5 part master study, he will primarily focus on male figures and the subtle indication of anatomy. 

Next Jeff will study eyes, ears, noses and mouths from Vanderpoel in ink, capturing the subtle feel and edge work of each drawing.

Now having warmed up with the Coll study, Jeff will tackle Gibson's much more subtle female heads. 

In this next lesson Jeff will use Coll as a warm up before starting a new day of inking. Coll makes a good warmup because of his chaotic, tonal approach to inking. 

Using some photo reference Jeff has in his archive, he will tackle this portrait of an old man. Watch as he explores wrinkles of the face and swirls of the beard and turban. 

Moving on, Jeff will do some quick master studies of the masterful Charles Dana Gibson. 

In this first lesson for Inking Phase III, Jeff will warm up by starting with the scratchy, chaotic but knowledgable Joseph Clement Coll.

In this lesson, Jeff will ink from a photo. Watch as he interprets the different planes of the subtle female head into ink and the flowing way in which he handles hair. 

In the last video of Inking Phase II, Doug will close out the phase and provide some information on where to go next. 

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In the final piece for Inking Phase II, Doug will ink a lion. Taking a more Frazetta inspired approach, he will put more emphasis on the individual strokes and shapes. Part 1 of 3.

Moving on, Doug will ink a barn owl, utilizing washes of ink to handle the layers of feathers and patterns.