Creating a Grayscale Gradient

When I visit a site that teaches something visual, like drawing, I like to see images, not words. So watch! And please let me know what you think.

(Video has been edited.)

Contour and Gesture Drawing

OK, here's the first test of uploading a video to YouTube and posting it on this blog.

This is an edited version of a longer lecture I did on the two basic types of drawing, Gesture and Contour. Contour is a slow, careful style of drawing, in which you carefully draw the outlines of shapes. Gesture is a fast, sketchy type of drawing used to capture motion and quick ideas. Many drawings incorporate a mixture of both gesture and contour.

Please let me know what you think of the presentation. Besides the camera looking up my nose...