Split screen
Posted: September 26, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized 14 CommentsNeed a little portrait practice? TV debates are a good choice because the faces are in the same position for a long time. NB: If you want to listen to someone who has drawn Trump more than once, check this out on CBC.com. It’s Anna Maria Tremonti’s interview with Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau who has just launched “Yuge!”, a compilation of many years worth of his Trump-related cartoons.
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Hi Shari I was thinking the same thing but was too tired today…..I will definitely have my sketch book on hand next debate
You really caught Trump’s look in his eyes
Liliane
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Thanks Liliane. She was much more difficult to capture. I should have drawn her from a 3/4 view since she was most often listening to him and had her head turned that way.
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I also thought this might be a good exercise….after the fact. Maybe I’ll try the next one if I can bear to watch another one!
You really captured Trump’s mean eyes. (Well, it’s true!)
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Here’s a great article in the New York Times. I don’t know if you have read this already. It’s about the what the split screen captured: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/arts/television/presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=ts-item%201_of_4&module=span-ab-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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I have done several sketches during the primary debates. They are all fast contour drawings. Rather comical. TV can be a good way to practice portraits tho. I agree that you really got the look in Trump’s eyes
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It was funny to watch them watch each other on the split screen. There are others who have captured this much better than I did but I liked the exercise of doing this.
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I would never have thought to sketch them..good job.
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It passes the time during a long debate. I can listen at the same time as drawing.
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Great Idea, thanks!
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Glad you like it Victoria.
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Good idea and good job, but I don’t think I could look at him long enough to do a sketch. lol
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It’s a face that’s been drawn so often that it’s hard to do. So many good drawing done before. I liked listening to Garry Trudeau describe trying to draw the back of his head.
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that’s a good idea shari , thanks for the tip !!! monique
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 4:35 AM, The Sketchbook wrote:
> Shari Blaukopf posted: “Need a little portrait practice? TV debates are a > good choice because the faces are in the same position for a long time. NB: > If you want to listen to someone who has drawn Trump more than once, check > this out on CBC.com. It’s Anna Maria Tremonti’s interv” >
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C-span is good for portrait practice, too.
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