http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/ Thoughts on painting Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3552 Hand Drawing Tutorial #10 Part 2: Jigsaw Video of Hand with Paper Clip « Portrait Artist from Westchester, NY – Anne Bobroff-Hajal Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:22:59 +0000 http://annebobroffhajal.com/?p=1912#comment-3552 [...] way I’ve found so far of explaining this technique (elsewhere I’ve described it as e. g. an “angle abstraction game.”)  I’ve found myself using game metaphors because when you get into this mode, drawing [...] [...] way I’ve found so far of explaining this technique (elsewhere I’ve described it as e. g. an “angle abstraction game.”)  I’ve found myself using game metaphors because when you get into this mode, drawing [...]

]]> http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Hand Drawing demo #6: Reviewing left brain/right brain « Portrait Artist from Westchester, NY – Anne Bobroff-Hajal Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:06:46 +0000 http://annebobroffhajal.com/?p=1912#comment-2964 [...] used these techniques before, including in my posts about the angle-abstraction game.  But it’s important to go through them again, because shifting to seeing in right-brain [...] [...] used these techniques before, including in my posts about the angle-abstraction game.  But it’s important to go through them again, because shifting to seeing in right-brain [...]

]]> http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Drawing lesson: a simple drawing of your hand « Portrait Artist from Westchester, NY – Anne Bobroff-Hajal Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:22:16 +0000 http://annebobroffhajal.com/?p=1912#comment-2632 [...] I chose hands because they are always available to “pose” for you!  And they can be placed in an infinite variety of simple or challenging positions.  The techniques you’ll learn from these lessons can be applied to drawing anything and everything else. [...] [...] I chose hands because they are always available to “pose” for you!  And they can be placed in an infinite variety of simple or challenging positions.  The techniques you’ll learn from these lessons can be applied to drawing anything and everything else. [...]

]]> http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Why is learning to draw “so hard?” « Portrait Artist from Westchester, NY – Anne Bobroff-Hajal Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:48:08 +0000 http://annebobroffhajal.com/?p=1912#comment-2179 [...] I posted a two-part online drawing lesson a couple of months ago, I received a response that got me [...] [...] I posted a two-part online drawing lesson a couple of months ago, I received a response that got me [...]

]]> http://annebobroffhajal.com/2010/04/learn-to-draw-by-playing-the-angle-abstraction-game-lesson-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Marie McCann-Barab Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:52:53 +0000 http://annebobroffhajal.com/?p=1912#comment-1945 This is a wonderful articulation of the artist's thought process while observing and translating the three-dimensional form into a two-dimensional drawing. Anne has very kindly articulated her right-brain thinking in a step-by-step process—finding within the form the underlying geometry. And this lesson can be applied to a figure or any other form in space! You don't need to have a model in front of you to try the lesson...apply it to a plant or a piece of furniture. But draw something! This is a wonderful articulation of the artist’s thought process while observing and translating the three-dimensional form into a two-dimensional drawing. Anne has very kindly articulated her right-brain thinking in a step-by-step process—finding within the form the underlying geometry. And this lesson can be applied to a figure or any other form in space! You don’t need to have a model in front of you to try the lesson…apply it to a plant or a piece of furniture. But draw something!

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