Marshall and Stan take a break from recreating art school to answer some of your voicemails! There’s advice on practicing quicksketch, pencil control, the value of the Bargue method, caring about what people think of your work, changing styles, and advice to aspiring teachers.
4:51 - What you should I focus on when practicing quicksketch?
20:08 - Advice on caring what people think of your work.
29:31 - What are your thoughts on the Bargue Drawing Course?
34:43 - What’s your advice for becoming an art teacher at a highschool level or higher?
43:37 - How can I improve my line quality and pencil control?
52:13 - How do I break out of my current style and develop a new one?
Referenced Books
Drawing the Draped Figure-by Bridgman
Heads, Features and Faces - by Bridgman
The Book of a Hundred Hands - by Bridgman
The Human Machine - by Bridgman
Constructive Anatomy - by Bridgman
Complete Guide to Drawing from Life 5th Edition - by Bridgman
Rockwell on Rockwell, How I Make a Picture by Norman Rockwell
Robert Beverly Hale’s intro to Paul Richer’s Artistic Anatomy
Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur Guptill
Other References
Referenced Artists:
Jeff Watts





Steve Whitehead

Preston Blair






Charles Bargue Art Course




Stephen Bauman
Thomas Eakins

Howard Pyle

Dynamic Black and White Illustrations

Madness in Crowds by Harrison Cady


The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley

Black and White Images First Annual Collection

Black and White Images Second Annual Collection

Black and White Images Fourth Annual Collection

Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein

Will Elder







How to Draw and Paint Anatomy - ImagineFX article with illustrations by Marshall Vandruff








Tem Larking, example of stylistic matrix

Gary Tanaka, example of stylistic matrix



Kino Finnegan , example of stylistic matrix



