June 30th, 2003 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Your June 30th, 2003 YouCanDraw.com Communiqué |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Howdy folks, Quick update today. If any of you have tried to download the latest Flash Lesson in the last 6 hours (the one on Modified Contour) you may have had difficulty. It's been moved and you must go to the Archives to get it. Why? When an e-zine contains a link to a download it often times gets leaked within a discussion group and the servers get barraged. To circumvent that, it gets moved. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Link to the Archives: http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/archives.htm In fact, the link to the updated Modified Contour drawing lesson page and download are right at the top of the page in the "From the Top" section. There's links on this page to drawright.com too - where you can buy the portfolio with ALL the supplies you'll need to do any of the exercises in any of the lessons. Here's the direct link (yes, you'll need your password): http://ycdinsiders.digitalchainsaw.com/InsidersArtistLoft/ from-the-to-pmodcontourreview.htm Short ezines during the Summer Going to keep it short today folks. I also want to let you know we're working hard on the next Flash Lesson. In fact the plan for this Summer is to completely finish the Flash lessons for the foundation lessons. Response has been great and I think Flash technology offers a really great way to convey concepts, ideas, lessons, - the whole shebang! So our effort is going to be directed there for the next one and 1/2 to two months. The ezines during this time will be short and truncated - unless of course it's an unveiling of the latest Flash deal. Your assignment If I had any assignment for you today it would be to make sure you understand the revised foundation lessons thus far (all in the "From the Top" section of the Archives) and that you have actually have done the picture plane drawings. This is vital to your growth as an artist and caricaturist. There are no short cuts :-) Yes you can read the lessons and catch the concepts, but to really "get" and internalize the lesson, they must be done. In Japan they'll tell you "in the West, they think they learn everything from the chin on up. In the East, (here) we believe real learning takes place below the neck". There' something to that :-) That way, you'll be ready when we get back to reviewing the features of the face and diving head long back into caricatures. So, enjoy your Summer, keep on drawing and I'll meet you here again soon. Warmly, Jeff Executive Director Kasbohm & Company Strategic Multimedia home of http://www.YouCanDraw.com and http://www.drawing-faces-and-caricatures-made-easy.com (952) 544-0657 1351 Hampshire Ave. So., #127 St. Louis Park, MN 55426 "Once and for all getting you drawing faces and caricatures" mailto:comments@youcandraw.com |