145 The Inner Force

It is mighty tempting to go on making humorous handouts but I’m not getting paid to entertain you — I’m supposed to be broadcasting the good news about good drawing. However, here’s a spin off from last week’s handout. I didn’t have room for this cartoon and someone who saw it said, “Hey, you could do a whole handout on tangents.” I was tempted to try, but…well, here is the cartoon.

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The main thrust of my teaching is that you have to have a motive for drawing — a story to illustrate. Something to give you direction. And yet, here in one episode of a cartoon strip, For the Birds, which I did years ago, that notion is overruled. ...

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