line quality

Torso Study Day

Every Thursday I have my favorite model come by for some drawing. Lately it's been hand and arm rotation studies. Today I felt like looking at the torso and the amazing muscles that surround and move the arm. Of course one can't help but take it further out the arm or down toward the legs. [...]

By Werner Zimmermann| 2018-09-21T02:15:05+00:00 September 21st, 2018|Drawing, Figure Studies|0 Comments

Thoughts on Line Quality

Rembrandt study of an elephant, British MuseumThis post comes from a reply I wrote this evening to a question from one of my students who asked in response to my previous comment about his work what is line quality. I thought I would post it since this is probably one of the most common questions, [...]

By Werner Zimmermann| 2018-06-09T17:44:23+00:00 June 19th, 2012|Animal Studies, Drawing|1 Comment