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Christianne Myers
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Trying Something New
We’re trying a Saturday morning Urban Sketchers class at our local art center. It is very interesting to be a student again. I’m really...
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Christianne Myers
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Drawing Details
When I was in grad school I had this big "ah-ha" moment. I didn't really understand how to draw a suit collar & lapel until I drafted and...
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Christianne Myers
Dec 5, 20203 min read
One More Demo...
And it's a doozy! For this semester of remote learning I created 45 demonstration videos (a couple have been shared here on the blog). I...
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Christianne Myers
Aug 8, 20202 min read
Teaching Remotely
This pandemic is taking its toll on everything. I have no idea what things will be like on the other side of this, but it will be...
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Christianne Myers
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Designing the Makeup
A couple of years ago, I discovered a very easy way to quickly use digital rendering to help personalize makeup worksheets. For years...
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Christianne Myers
May 20, 20191 min read
Sketch Day 13
I've gone back to art school by watching the most excellent videos on Lynda.com- Drawing Foundation: Figure taught by Amy Wynne. Other...
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Christianne Myers
May 3, 20191 min read
Sketch Day 12
A week off from textiles as we tech and dress The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The first sketch is of a coat rack on the set that was cut...
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Christianne Myers
Apr 23, 20191 min read
Sketch Day 11
I set out this term to draw something for 10 minutes every day. I had to soften my rules a bit as it was adding stress to my life! I...
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Christianne Myers
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Sketch Day 10
Hands and feet are always a challenge for me to draw. I have moved on from inventing pockets to hide hands in, but I still need to look...
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Christianne Myers
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Sketch-Day 8
My only complaint about doing the timed drawings digitally is I have no way to quickly save drawings and get a fresh "sheet" of paper. I...
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Christianne Myers
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Sketch-Day 7 and a small trip
Things were pretty quiet this week in the BioArtography world as I took a trip back to Baltimore, my home town, and recharged with family...
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Christianne Myers
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Sketch Day 6
I spent a lot of last week working on preliminary sketches for The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Detroit Public Theatre. Also included this...
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Christianne Myers
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Sketch-Day 5
More sketching using photo references. I like blocking in the gesture with a softer pastel and then cleaning up the longer studies with a...
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Christianne Myers
Feb 3, 20191 min read
Sketch-Day 4
Spent some time this week learning some tricks with AutoDesk Sketchbook. I've now figured out the color picker and working with layers....
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Christianne Myers
Jan 27, 20191 min read
Sketch-Day 3
Here are more 1 minute figure studies as well as some longer studies of a hand a foot. Bonus: luggage rack on the train to Chicago.
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Christianne Myers
Jan 19, 20191 min read
Sketch-day #2
This week I worked on figure drawing. There are several online tools for timed figure study. It was helpful to get my hand moving with...
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Christianne Myers
Jan 13, 20191 min read
Sketch-day #1
Another goal while on sabbatical is getting more comfortable working digitally. For the past few years, I've been using Procreate on an...
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