by yimiris | Dec 28, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
By Iris Yim We sometimes get inquiries about drawing supplies my father Yim Mau-Kun uses for his pencil and charcoal drawings. Since I’m visiting Taiwan for the holidays, I took the opportunity to take a stock of his drawing supplies. Erasers and blenders Pictured...
by yimiris | Aug 11, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
The eyes The eyes are challenging. A common mistake is to make the eyes either too high or too low. Even an experienced artist needs to be very careful. If the proportion is inaccurate, it affects the entire drawing. This can be avoided by using straight lines...
by yimiris | Aug 4, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
Drawing is often perceived to be a form of training. Although its importance of foundation building is recognized by many, it’s often “abandoned” once the artist moves on to other forms of expression using different media. For someone who has been...
by yimiris | Feb 27, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
Introduction The figure drawing is no doubt the most advanced genre of drawing. The human body is artwork by God. Regardless of its appearance – rotund or bony – the different shapes of each part of the body together create a magnificent unity. The beauty of life is...
by yimiris | Feb 2, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing, Still life
Introduction Still life painting became a stand-alone art genre in seventeenth-century Holland. From then on, ateliers and academies in Europe and Russia began teaching still life painting, making it part of the formal fine art education. Still life drawing affords...
