Willow Artistry by Christine Wueste
This graphite drawing is 9″x12″ and is available for purchase here. Also known as ‘The Man With The Pipe’, this gentleman inspired me. His photo was taken during WWII in Germany. It reminds me that no matter the storm surrounding us, we must persevere and appreciate the small things in life while we are able […]
My last tutorial covered the basic female body proportions, so in this post I wanted to cover the basic male body proportions. The ladies always come first, so this seemed like the right order for posting! You’ll notice many similarities and differences between the two. For the most part, the ‘golden rule’ lines of eight sections […]
One of the fundamentals to drawing the human body is knowing its basic proportions. For instance, how long should the arms be? Where does the waistline lie? What is the standard unit to measure the body’s proportions? IS there a standard unit to measure these proportions? Of course, in realism, proportions will vary slightly from […]
This is a recent drawing of my husband and me. We were enjoying a wonderful dinner at Sara J’s seafood restaurant in Surfside Beach, SC with my parents. Although I didn’t draw the background in this particular piece, we were overlooking the marsh at sunset. I thought the background would be distracting in a graphite portrait and be […]
Well, hello there friends! I know it’s been some time since I’ve updated my site but I’ve come back from the grave just in time for Halloween. To be honest, I suck at WordPress and keeping up with all the content and socials and stats and add-ons and billion other things that seem to come […]
“H is for…. Hungry” – Travis Ware A Portrait of One Cool Guy I met Travis at an old place of employment. It was his first day, and the poor thing was paired with me as his trainer. We were destined to be the best of buddies, known instantly when he phonetically read back the […]
This week, I decided to add onto last week’s focus topic, the eyes. At first, I started focusing in on the mouth, but I’m a rebel, so, I decided to draw my whole dang face. Super closeup style. For you, I wouldn’t recommend anyone draw my photo – we’ve been through enough already this year. […]
