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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #9

For those of you who missed the last Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session:

Line-of-Action (Animal Edition!) - animal models, all animal types except insects (20 minutes of 2 minute poses)

Techniques and Essentials Resources

"The Shrimp Method: How to Learn How to Draw Anything" by PRRB - This tutorial breaks down step by step the process of studying a subject for the purpose of learning to draw it from memory. For those who aren't exactly sure of how to start the process of an art study to learn how to draw a subject, take a look at this for a simple example!

This Week's Image Theme: DRAGONS

See the images that everyone contributed for sharing here!

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I try to stream for a few hours every other Sunday, starting around 12 PM (PST), to take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available!

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'William Barton returns to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music  with music, messages and memories' 

The powerful sound of William Barton’s didgeridoo will again ring out through North Queensland when the renowned composer and musician performs from his significant canon of works at the 30th Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) in Townsville from 23 July to 1 August.A proud Kalkadunga man, ARIA-award winning William Barton is a distinguished artist of extraordinary musicality, a virtuoso performer of the didgeridoo and a renowned composer of the highest acclaim who just last month was given the prestigious Australia Council for the Arts's Don Banks Music Award for outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/.../bio.../william-barton

Barton shares a long history with the AFCM, having been a regular performer for many years, and now is set to return to perform at three major events during the Festival. He last performed at the AFCM in 2012.

“The AFCM holds a special place in my heart, I premiered a number of my works there, and I have always dreamt of returning to perform a combination of pieces from my current portfolio which I have performed around the world on some of the greatest stages, as well as those formative pieces from earlier years. I am looking forward to creating some premiere addendums to key pieces, music that hasn’t been heard before using didgeridoo, voice and guitar,” he said.

“Coming back to Townsville, and the AFCM is exciting, particularly to mark the 30th anniversary of this extraordinary chamber music festival. Performing on Magnetic Island will be a special experience.”

William Barton performs in the Queens Gardens Concert on Sunday 25 July at 3pm, the Sunset Series Concert B4 on Monday 26 July at 5pm at the Townsville Civic Theatre and the Sounds Like Paradise Dinner on Tuesday 27 July on Magnetic island.The 30th AFCM will be held from 23 July to 1 August as a joyous 10-day celebration of music curated by Artistic Director, Kathryn Stott.

 Over 30 music-filled years, the AFCM has forged a stunning international reputation as one of the best chamber music celebrations in the world. Featuring 133 works, 112 composers, four world premieres and five Australian premieres the program stars more than 40 Australian musicians, 15 in their AFCM debut, as well as three ensembles including the Goldner String Quartet in their 25th anniversary year, and three local groups including the acclaimed Dancenorth.

ABOUT WILLIAM BARTONOver his long and remarkable career, William has performed all over the world, from large concert halls to regional music festivals and at international landmarks reflecting the central importance of his music to Australian and world identity. His generosity of sound and spirit have seen his work commissioned by some of the most outstanding ensembles from around the world.For two decades, he has forged a peerless profile as a performer and composer in the classical musical world, from the Philharmonic Orchestras of London and Berlin to historic events at Westminster Abbey for Commonwealth Day 2019, Anzac Cove and the Beijing Olympics. His awards include Winner of Best Original Score for a Mainstage Production at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards and Winner of Best Classical Album with ARIA for Birdsong At Dusk in 2012. 

With his prodigious musicality and the quiet conviction of his Kalkadunga heritage, he has vastly expanded the horizons of the didgeridoo — and the culture and landscape that it represents.“I grew up on a cattle station just outside Mt Isa in northwest Queensland. I started learning the didgeridoo from about the age of seven from my uncle, Arthur Peterson. He was an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga people.”

His mother — singer, songwriter and poet Delmae Barton — remembers him dancing to Elvis Presley when he could barely stand. He recalls Beethoven and Vivaldi streaming from ABC classic FM radio, and AC/DC in his cassette player. Through it all, the hypnotic whoop and drone of the didgeridoo wove a common thread in his imagination.

“What I remember so clearly from my uncle is him telling me that the didgeridoo is a language. It’s a speaking language and like any language, it’s something that you’ve got to learn over many months, and many years. It’s got to be a part of you, and what you do.”At 17, William realised a lifelong dream when he was invited to perform with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 

But the full, rapturous embrace of the classical music world came in 2004, when Tasmanian composer Peter Sculthorpe unveiled his Requiem with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and guest soloist, William Barton.That night, William was invited to join the orchestra in Japan, to perform Sculthorpe compositions Earth Cry and Mangrove. 

Tours to the USA and New Zealand followed, and the composer and didgeridoo artist cemented a firm creative partnership. "William offered me a new direction," the late composer has said, praising his instinctive musicality and skill as an improviser. He’s almost like a magician… bringing my music home.”The importance of William’s outstanding and enduring contribution has been recognised by many awards including the = Artist Residency Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers House (2020), Artist in Residence Melbourne Recital Centre (2019), Best Original Score for a Main Stage Production - The Long Forgotten Dream – Sydney Theatre Awards (2018), ARIA Best Classical Album - Kalkadungu: Music for Didjeridu and Orchestra (2012). 

Australian Festival of Chamber Music23 July to 1 August 2021 in Townsville, North QueenslandFestival tickets, concert passes and holiday packages on sale nowwww.afcm.com.au | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | #afcm2021For media enquiries please contact Kath Rose | 0416 291 493 | kath@kathrose.comFor North Queensland media, contact Heidi Hatherell | 0488 132 636 heidi@crystalclearpr.com.au

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Sunset's Aria Sunday Share #5

For those of you who missed today's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session:

Line-of-Action - male and female models, clothed (30 minute "class": mix of 30 second, 1 minute, 5 minute, and 10 minute poses)

Tips for Drawing Poses

Griz and Norm's Tuesday Tip: Floating Hands - We talked a lot last week about drawing hands, so this little tip about positioning them in relation to the body made sense to share. Drawing hands before you draw the arms can sometimes make more elaborate gestures easier to visualize, rather than worrying over the positioning of the arm and elbow before you even get a chance to attempt the hands. I use this technique sometimes when I get stuck while planning a pose!

Griz and Norm's Tuesday Tip: Structure VS Gesture - We've talked about structure, and we've talked about gesture, so now here's a quick tip about why it's important to think about and utilize both approaches in your work.

Helpful Websites for Colour Palettes

Paletton - Many people were excited about this discovery in the stream, and with good reason. This is one of the most versatile colour palette generators I've come across, with very detailed controls for automatically making use of adjacent and complementary colours, links to preview colour choices on example websites and images, and even a link to a small wiki detailing information about colour theory, color schemes, and more! (Seen here!)

Colourmind - Want to just automatically generate a palette to use for playing with colours in an image? Colormind allows you to automatically generate colour schemes with the click of a button, just to see what's possible and available. It also has an option to generate appealing color palettes from uploaded images.

Canva's Colour Palette Generator - Want another option for generating color palettes from appealing photographs and artwork you've come across? You can simply drag and drop images from your file explorer onto this website to have it automatically generate color palettes with hex codes for your personal use. Perhaps try taking a piece of art you really enjoy the colours of, generating a palette, and creating an image using just those colours in a similar way!

Tips for Drawing Fur

Witherlings (formerly CoyoteMange)'s In-Depth Fur Tutorial - I talked at length today about the methods I use to approach drawing fur, but I would HIGHLY recommend looking at this resource for a very detailed summary of techniques for approaching various kinds of fur. I originally learned my current approach for detailing fur from this tutorial, in fact.

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I stream every Sunday from 12 PM to 3 PMish (PST), and will take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available!

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #7

For those of you who missed today's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session:

Draw This: #42 Amy - female model, clothed. 20 minutes of 1 minute poses.

Techniques for Line Practice

"Mechanical Drawing Exercises" by Darren Calvert - It's easy to forget that there are ways to improve your drawings that don't require drawing actual things. For those who want to practice their mechanical drawing and muscle memory, here are some exercises that help encourage stronger technical prowess in drawing straight and curved lines with confidence. Best part is, these are exercises that you can do on any paper! Want to practice in the margins of your notes? This would do the trick!

"Ultimate Drawing Exercise Routine" by Rapidpunches - Similar to the exercises mentioned above, this technique focuses on combining a variety of lines into a single image: a snake in a basket! The rest of the post also has advice on choosing distinct colour palettes and creating a distinct art style as well. I highly recommend reading this post for the snake in a basket routine, if only to see a different exercise approach to "loosening up" before attempting work on a more detailed project.

This Week's Image Theme: FANTASY FASHION

See the images that everyone contributed for sharing HERE!

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I try to stream for a few hours every Sunday, starting around 12 PM (PST), to take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available!

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Oh, also, one more reminder! The Sunday Share now includes a weekly themed image share that stream-goers can participate in! This week's (and next week's) theme is: MODERN FASHION! For a summary of how the weekly share works, check here: https://trello.com/c/KsWP2G2N

My hope is that we can make this into a fun and useful resource-gathering activity as the weeks go on. c:

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No Sunday Share This Weekend

Sorry folks! Just a reminder that I'm going to be away this weekend visiting my family out of town, so I have to put the Sunday Share on hold this week. Rest assured that we will make next week's stream well worth the wait, with an extra long stream, and some more in-depth discussion on how I draw limbs, bodies, and clothing, as requested by stream goers.

As a reminder to those of you who may have questions or resources to share, and haven't been able to do so yet in the stream chat, please feel free to submit your requests via this anonymous form, so that you get to see more of what you want to see in upcoming streams!

In other news, we may start a weekly resource image submission activity in upcoming streams, to help fellow artists find some new and great reference materials ... Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to that time!

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #8

For those of you who missed this week's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream. It was a bit of a shorter session, but this week we had some viewer submissions for resources!:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session

Draw This: #43 Anna - female model, clothed. 20 minutes of 1 minute poses.

Program Resources

Autodesk Sketchbook - (Submitted by Mint!) Recently, this program was made free to use with the creation of a free Autodesk ID. While this program is rather different from something like Photoshop or Clip Paint Studio, it has all the essential basics for sketching, and even some nifty extra features such as a faux Copic Marker palette. It is also compatible with any device, desktop or mobile.

Reference Images

"Spotted Hyena VS Wolf Sketch Study" by Tess Garman (Kenket) - (Provided by Lauralai!) Hyenas are among my favourite animal subjects to draw, and this expressive and sketchy set of pages will likely prove useful for anyone who wants to see just what gives hyenas their unique anatomical charm. This is also a great example of how you can set up study sketch sheets for your own reference needs.

This Week's Image Theme: PROSTHETICS

See the images that everyone contributed for sharing here!

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I try to stream for a few hours every Sunday, starting around 12 PM (PST), to take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available!

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #6

For those of you who missed today's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session

Draw This: #41 Ryder - male model, clothed in cowboy costume (1 minute poses)

Figure Drawing Resource

"ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER: Gesture, Forms, and Animation" video by ModernDayJames - Modern Day James talks a bit about how he approaches gestures and form, and walks the viewer through a quick exercise where he uses gesture drawings to create a very small, rough animation that focuses on portraying movement in a series of 10 second illustrations. His style of gesture drawing includes things such as shadow shape and outlines of garment folds, resulting in a rather unique and sketchy gesture drawing style!

Studying Artists to Analyze Style

How Todd Nauck Draws Nightcrawler

How Todd Nauck Draws Bamfs

These are older examples from my own personal studies (2016), but I provided these as an example of how I tend to take notes on an artist's particular style, in order to figure out what aspects I would like to integrate into my own work. Even if you don't redraw the elements of the work like I did, I highly recommend taking notes on top of some art you admire, and really analyzing WHY you find it as appealing as you do.

Also, other artists used to discuss style (and also highly recommend checking out): GentlemanDeerLord, RedBeanViolin

Self-Improvement

"The Art Cycle" by Shattered-Earth - The theory presented here makes a lot of sense regarding how various types of skills related to the creation of art will fluctuate and impact our ability to truly understand where our abilities are. Both skills in making art and skills in perceiving art are required in order to foster true improvement, and practicing both regularly will allow you to properly develop the skills you need to consistently create better and better work.

Drawing Cloth

"Mini Fold-Drawing Tutorial" by Feredir - Most of today's discussion of clothes was done via live discussion and demo, but this simple tutorial image summarizes the key fold shapes and types that are necessary to create believable folds in clothing.

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I stream every Sunday from 12 PM to 3 PM (PST), and will take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available!

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #4

For those of you who missed today's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session:

Line-of-Action - male and female models, clothed (30 minute "class": mix of 30 second, 1 minute, 5 minute, and 10 minute poses)

Techniques and Essentials Resources

Griz and Norm's Tuesday Tip: Long Lines - After a few people expressed some confusion about gesture drawing technique, how convenient that Griz and Norm would provide a relevant tip! Using long lines to draw out your initial poses helps improve dynamism and flow, and doing this helps to exaggerate the pose you're using a little before detailing reins it back in.

"Anatomy Quick Tips: Hands" video by Sinix Design - All of Sinix's anatomy quick tips videos are very helpful, but I especially love how they discuss hands, since they talk not just about the essential structures that make a hand look correct, but also the various ways you can stylize them to suit your needs!

Custom-Drawn Resources

Here are copies of the diagrams I drew while I was explaining proportions for drawing people:

Body and Head Proportions

Hand and Feet Drawing Tips

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I stream every Sunday from 12 PM to 3 PM (PST), and will take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

Also, if you want to watch this week's Sunday Share, you can see the video recording of it that my Picarto channel captured here. These recordings eventually disappear, so make sure to watch them while they're available! I may eventually stick them up on Youtube if there's enough demand for me to save them long term.

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #3

For those of you who missed today's Sunday Share, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Session:

Line-of-Action - male and female models, clothed (2 minute poses)

Draw This: #25 Yoni (Part 3) - male model, clothed (5 minute poses)

Techniques and Essentials Resources

"Pencil Drawing Techniques" video by Bobby Chiu - I've recently started adopting the techniques discussed in this video or at least the main principles of it, to my own sketching style, with some very satisfying results! Bobby Chiu talks about how holding his pencil in a different way and making use of a variety of different lines contributes to his unique style and process from sketch to rendered image.

"Good Shapes: 10 Minutes to Better Painting - Episode 4" video by Marco Bucci - Take ten minutes to listen to Marco Bucci discuss the importance of recognizeable, clear, deliberate shape work in creating good paintings. While this video speaks mostly about paintings, the principles discussed here would be very easy to apply to drawing as well, such as breaking down body shapes in a drawing reference.

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I stream every Sunday from 12 PM to 3 PM (PST), and will take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c: This includes drawn and painted demonstrations, whenever needed!

Check out the rest of my Sunday Share tag for resources from previous weeks, or check out the SASS resource board here to see all of the resource links shared so far, organized by subject!

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Two SASS-related things to share this morning!

For anyone who wants to submit a resource or a question for my weekly Sunday Share, there is now an easy-peasy anonymous form you can use to do so! Using the document I had set up before just felt too unrefined.

I've created a Trello board to store and share all of the resources that are discussed during these streams, so that there's an easy way for anyone to access them any day of the week. I'll still do my weekly Tumblr/Twitter summary as well.

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #2

Today's stream was small and short, but we still have a couple of resources to share from today. For those of you who missed the stream, here are the links we looked at in-stream:

Today’s Figure Drawing Videos:

Draw This: #38 Shoko - female model, clothed (1 minute poses)

Draw This: #25 Yoni (Part 2) - male model, clothed (2 minute poses)

Animal Drawing Resources

Horse skeleton video - Video of a horse moving with a skeleton drawn on its side in chalk, showing the movement of bones as it walks in slow motion. Check out the link to Facebook in the tweet for a larger version of the video!

"Spirit" horse animation notes - Tweet containing images of animator's notes for Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron. Details the construction of the face, the front and hind legs of a horse, and what to take note of when drawing them in motion.

Definitely check out the person who tweeted this resource too, c3rmenDraws. They show exceptional knowledge of animal anatomy and have a very lovely fluid style of drawing animals.

Do you have any questions to ask or art resources of any sort to share? Please submit here!

I stream every Sunday from 12 PM to 3 PM (PST), and will take the time to share resources given to me and answer any questions asked to the best of my ability. c:

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Sunset’s Aria Sunday Share #1

Thank you to everyone who popped in to enjoy a bit of figure drawing and general art advice! It was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed getting to share some of my favourite resources and tips with everyone. I'm already considering what I can do next Sunday to make things even better, so stay tuned for next week's session! c: (Sunday afternoons, 12 PM to 3 PM PST)

For those of you who missed the stream, here are the links to the resources we shared today:

Today's Figure Drawing Videos:

Draw This: #35 Rachel - female model, clothed

Draw This: #25 Yoni - male model, clothed with staff prop

Figure Drawing Resources

Draw This - New 2 hour figure drawing livestreams every Friday! Clothed figures, sometimes themed.

Croiquis Cafe - Weekly figure drawing videos, ~20 minutes each. Nude figures and occasionally specific focus on subjects such as hands and expressions.

Griz and Norm - Wide variety of drawing advice posts for TuesdayTips, but also posts absolutely beautiful figure drawing sketch examples! Very inspirational for stylized figure drawing and portraying pose and motion with minimal lines and shading.

Animal Drawing Resources

"An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists" by W. Ellenberger - PLEASE get this book PDF! It's absolutely free! Beautifully drawn and extremely accurate anatomical images of a variety of animal skeletons and musculature from various angles, including horses, big cats, and dogs. I've used this book to help me with drawing paws and feral animal anatomy for years.

"How to Draw Animals" by Jack Hamm - Resource book for drawing a wide variety of animals, using simple shapes and basic rules that are easy to understand, but packed with a surprising amount of detail in every page. Some pages are specifically step-by-step tutorials, while others are more general guidelines and tricks to help you draw animals more accurately. Only $12 USD to purchase on Amazon, and well worth the price!