Ears can be wildly complicated to draw, since the ear is a bunch of folds that seem kinda asymmetrical. Luckily, you don’t have to always draw every aspect of the ear when you’re doing cartoon drawing. However, if you want to learn how to draw people realistically, you’ll have your work cut out for you. Hopefully this drawing tutorial will help.

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During the course of the semester, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a bright and articulate student, Houen Zhou. Our first meeting involved reading over a photo analysis paper where he wrote about Zhongli Luo’s painting, “Father.” Something about Houen’s analysis and ability to notice details prompted me to ask if he would like to be a part of the Sketching House family. To my delight, he said yes! So today, Alex, Tala, and I are stepping aside to give the spotlight to Houen Zhou.

Thanks everyone!

Mari

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Hello everyone! It’s been a while. Alex, Tala, and I apologize for lacking in the post department, but we’ve been really busy. As mentioned before, all three of us have returned to school, so the semester is getting in the way. Please have patience with us, though. Once things slow down, we will be back to posting on a regular basis.

Alex and I have also been busy working. We both took up extra jobs because we finally got our apartment. WOOHOO! The only problem is that the landlord wants $1,400 up front–OUCH! So Alex and I have been working like crazy in hopes of reaching that goal by the third week of February. Cross your fingers!

I also have great news! While I was work today, I met a fantastic student who introduced me to an artist I never heard of. Why is this great news? This particular student had me check a paper of his that had to do with art analysis. Houen (sweetie, I hope I spelled your name right) wrote a paper about Luo Zhongli’s oil painting, “Father.” Click to read more …

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