Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

Everybody has a little Weirdness  ready to show through no matter the age, and this funny ink piece is a tongue in cheek representation of a middle aged crossed-eyed man wearing pop bottle glasses letting his inner crazy out. This one of a kind portrait was created using a ballpoint pen on paper and is available for purchase from the link above. 

Thank you for stopping by for another step-by-step tutorial on how I drew this African girl in a turban.  I am not a traditionalist when it comes to drawing. I don't use any fancy tools or grids, gosh I don't even use a pencil, actually using a pencil or eraser has become a hindrance instead of a help. I start and finish all of my work in pen and upside down. Most of us have read or should have Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain on their to-read list, well one of the most valuable lessons she teaches is flipping your work upside down. You trick your eyes into actually seeing what is in front of you and not what you think you see. Your mind is much better at picking up spatial changes, angles, and values much better when your mind doesn't label an object.   As you see from the following example I keep my lines loose and flowing and I develop the overall shapes and form of my subject.  At this stage, I am not worried about the details just the of the composi

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