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After getting this pastel self-portrait to a reasonable state, my aim is to make it look more like me, and to create a paint surface that is pleasing.

This video has me starting the portrait and then I turned off the camcorder to feed the dogs...forgot to turn it back on. Then you see me applying lights after doing darks and middle tones. It's not finished and I'll post the finished work soon.

Part of a series of instructional drawings that demonstrate the efficacy of gesture as a mode of drawing and finding the correct proportion in an observed figure or object, in this case, as skull.

This drawing by David Greg Taylor continues the theme of enabling gesture to guide the artist in mapping out the structure of the drawing. A commitment to establishing a full range of value, and modeling using cross-hatching, derived from study of Leonardo da Vinci, is also explored. The subject matter herein is tangerines and potatoes.

Still-life drawing instructional video by David Greg Taylor. Copyright © 2010 David Greg Taylor

Self-Portrait Drawing #1 by David Greg Taylor, in which he demonstrates a classic manner of constructing a portrait drawing that can be adapted to any drawing medium.