I thought I'd show the couple tries I did with isometric illusion. I realize that I don't get it. LOL I can't figure out how to make the illusion, even if I made a bit of it. I'm not sure where my mindset needs to be. The first picture I used just the protractor and the triangles with a t-ruler. So I didn't mind that way, but I need a bigger place to do this kind of practice. My kitchen table is also a bit small. Heh. The second picture I printed an isometric grid from Adobe and placed it beneath some tracing paper, so I could maybe get a handle on what I'm doing. I think it didn't help the way I'd hoped. I'm better off just using the rulers and not looking at that grid.

I'm a little confused about this course. When do we learn how to make vanishing points? How far apart do I separate the floor lines leading further away? Is this the wrong course for learning how to create vanishing points that lead off the page?

I truly enjoyed this mini lesson Marshall. Whenever I find time to sit down and actually draw and practice drawing. I always seem to so lost when it comes to going through each step as well as letting me hand do the thinking for me while doing the fun spontaneious route as well. Looking forward to the upcoming assignments to practice on.

Love to see the stages of your drawings, this is very good advice. I use thumbnails but I feel like I could do more, and really, they are a lot of fun. I'm curious to hear more about the use of vellum. I see you use the vellum to re-create a drawing without the guiding lines, great. When you need to color this drawing, do you do this on the vellum? It seems to me like there would be another step of transferring it back to watercolor paper for inking etc... Or, do you use vellum knowing that a drawing on vellum would end at graphite?

just can't wait to try out the concepts so did a lil doodle while watching Marshall's videos. I'm super excited for this journey of learning perspectives.

Hi Marshall and gang! I love seeing your finished drawing and your working sketches. It gives me confidence not to shy away from drawings that aren't polished and actually develop my skills. Sort of like going to the gym to get good rather than look good while you're there! Then use those skills to execute a finished piece when ready. I was doing this already a bit with a perspective problem I was working out for my grandmother who paints based on a photo she sent me. I started in pencil and refined in pen to make it more clear for her. It's a subtle perspective looking through a window at a slight angle. Here it is in case anyone can share in the learning or give me any feedback! Thanks!

Will you do a shading demonstration sometime? I love how your pencil renderings look :)

Hi, Marshall - thanks for the lesson! I’m really looking forward to learning how to wrap rubber bands around a sphere as I’ve struggled with them when learning the Loomis method from his book, where he compares the head to a ball with a nail running through the axis. I didn’t realize lined spheres relate to boxes 🫢 Everything does seem to come down to drawing cubes…

Hi!! Great lesson as always. I want to know if someone could recommend me any drawing books for perspective, thanks :D @Marshall Vandruff

huh, I'm actually really looking forward to lessons on taking risks! I'm always overthinking things and worrying about wasting materials to the point that materials go unused for years.

I've always struggled with the patience to do several sketches.

Marshall, thanks for your articulate explanation. Your artwork is amazing. I know this is off topic, but you talk of airbrushing in the past. Could you provide a link so I can visulise what this process involved? Thumbnail drawing looks challenging. It seems you need a good understanding of what you see, to put to paper what you see or imagine. Thanks again.

Hmm, judging from how you worded it, I've been giving my thumbnail sketches too much thought instead of letting spontaneity take over. Truly letting one aspect of your brain take over is unexpectedly difficult.

those line drawings of the boar and fox at the end are really beautiful Marshall ! here is a videos of artist working in stages i stumbled upon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qM2vHahcqQ

Right off the bat, those illustrations from your advertising days are absolutely stunning. They're precise, realistic-looking and so beautifully rendered! They look so tactile! And it's blowing my mind that you achieved that level of rendering on the photo filter disc image overnight. One of my profs from my uni days was instrumental in instilling the habit of keeping a sketchbook and drawing regularly within it. I have a sketchbook but I'm nowhere close to as regular as I should be. Additionally, I run into the problem of doing the opposite as you describe in this video with sketchbook drawings which is to do less thinking and be 'uncareful'. I tend to want to get it right as soon as I put pen to paper but I realise now how futile a mindset like that is. I'm so grateful for videos like these as they not only teach process and technique, but also discipline.