{"id":3173,"date":"2015-09-17T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?page_id=3173"},"modified":"2015-09-27T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T14:22:16","slug":"drawing-videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/drawing-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"three-shapes\"><\/a> Three Shapes Drawn From Life &#8211; \u00a0The shading of a pyramid, a column, and a half sphere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3173-1\" width=\"352\" height=\"288\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-shapes-life.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-shapes-life.mp4\">http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-shapes-life.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Three Pears Drawn From Life &#8211; Concentration on shading.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3173-2\" width=\"352\" height=\"288\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-pears-life.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-pears-life.mp4\">http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-pears-life.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Three Pears Line Drawing Only &#8211; \u00a0I&#8217;m drawing the pears at a one to one ratio, and I use my pencil and thumb to measure them and mark the same measurements on the paper.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3173-3\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drwing-pears-line-life.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drwing-pears-line-life.mp4\">http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drwing-pears-line-life.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Apples Drawn From Life &#8211; Concentration on shading.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3173-4\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-apples-life.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-apples-life.mp4\">http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drawing-apples-life.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>How to use a view finder (or frame)\u00a0to compose and draw from life. 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