I am teaching a virtual sketchbook class or Elite Animation Academy. This demo was used to show my student how to block in a sketch and start the painting. The idea was to use any items that just happened to be on the table.
I used an unfinished sculpture I started of a baby sea otter, some India ink, a magnifying loop, a pencil sharpener and an Apple iPad plug for a defective and broken chord.i the background is a Wacom tablet and several books. The tablet has overheated to the point where the screen is popping off and computer components are shoving out of a fissure in the bottom of the case. Maybe the battery is expanding and about to explode. The machine has outlived it’s usefulness though I am still limping by with it today. I vote two thumbs down for the Wacon Cintique.
I invested in a new iPad and laptop so that I am no longer panicking about he battery dying before I finish each painting. This past week I had to take brakes every time the computer shut off due to the battery dying. I am not a person who willingly takes breaks hen a painting is not yet finished. Hopefully the pace ill pick back up again next week when I the new machines up and running.
Much of my lesson plan included avoiding using horizontal lines and vertical lines. Background elements are all off kilter and at angles in my sketch. It seems impossible for most beginning students to resist the horizontal and vertical grid. I stress the point, demonstrate it and then hope that the principle is applied in action.