Quick Sketching with Ron Husband: Revised and Expanded

425 Pages·2019·67.843 MB·English

by  Ron Husband

with Ron Husband

with Ron Husband: Revised and
Expanded
By Ron Husband
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Husband, Ron, author.
Title: Quick sketching with Ron Husband / Ron Husband.
Description: Revised and expanded. | Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2019. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018043949 | ISBN 9781138336759 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Drawing—Technique.
Classification: LCC NC730 .H87 2019 | DDC 741.2—dc23
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contents
foreword p.ix
preface p.xi
acknowledgments p.xiii
introduction
pp.1–27
My Sketchbook p.8
How This Book Got Started p.12
Why Quick Sketching is Important for Young Animators p.15
This is Your Sketchbook Too! p.16
Growing as an Artist p.18
A Sketcher Sketches…Always p.26
My Lifelong Observations to Pass Along p.27
1. the basics
pp.29–41
What Motivates You? p.29
Simple Shapes p.30
Body Types p.32
Skeleton/Muscle Tone/Fat p.33
Movement and Balance p.36
Summary p.41
2. analysis of action
pp.43–59
Observation—Observing the Obvious p.43
Understanding the Importance of Positive and Negative Space p.44
Analysis and Observation p.45
Analyzing the Action p.47
Examples of Walking p.48
Props p.50
Sketch Something Entertaining p.50
Line of Action p.54
Purposeful Lines of Action p.55
Underneath: Skeleton and Shapes Combined with a Line of Action p.55
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Body Language p.56
Summary p.59
3. everyday activities
pp.61–83
Sketching the Ordinary to the Extraordinary p.61
Body Types p.72
The Restaurant as a Place to Sketch p.73
Summary p.83
4. the art of sitting
pp.85–103
Analysis of Sitting p.85
Sitting with Attitude p.85
Words of Encouragement p.92
Summary p.103
5. table games
pp.105–111
A Friendly Game of Cards p.105
Playing Pool p.107
Ping-Pong p.108
Summary p.111
6. standing with attitude
pp.113–129
Individual Stances Tell a Story p.113
At the Mic (Microphone) p.118
How Body Type Affects the Stand p.121
The Camera as a Prop p.122
The Wedding Photographer at Work p.124
Summary p.129
7. walking with style
pp.131–139
Things to Look for in Walking Subjects p.131
Analysis of a Walk p.132
Walking in Groups p.138
Summary p.139
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8. children
pp.141–169
Oh, the Joy of Sketching Children p.141
Children and Their Props p.156
Teens Playing Soccer p.159
Observing Skateboarders p.160
A Game of Children’s Baseball p.164
Girls’ Softball p.166
Youth Boys’ Baseball p.167
Summary p.169
9. special occasions
pp.171–187
Weddings p.171
A Tribute to Ben and Thelma Jones p.182
Summary p.187
10. music, dancing, and singing
pp.189–223
Catching the Rhythm p.189
Musicians and Their Musical Instruments p.190
Dancing to the Music p.203
Vocal Music p.220
Summary p.223
11. the zoo
pp.225–241
Know Your Animal Anatomy p.225
Animals in Line p.227
Summary p.241
12. individual sports
pp.243–259
Athletes in Action p.243
Boxing p.244
Golf p.248
The Rodeo p.250
Track and Field p.252
Summary p.259
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13. team sports
pp.261–327
Baseball p.261
Basketball—Women p.267
Basketball—Men p.271
Football p.287
Quick Sketching Hockey p.321
Soccer p.322
Volleyball p.324
Summary p.327
14. quick sketching around the world
pp.329–347
Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France p.334
Pyramid Sketches from Chichen Itza, Mexico p.338
Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia p.340
El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain p.341
The Feria Dress p.342
Dancing and Merriment at Feria in the City of Rota, Spain p.344
Summary p.347
15. winter sports
pp.349–367
The Importance of Observation while Quick Sketching Fast Action p.349
Ice Skating p.350
Negative Shapes in Capturing Fast Action Skiing p.353
A Minimum of Line Work p.357
Examples of the Various Positions of the Body p.358
Snowboarding p.359
Summary p.367
16. sketching multiple characters
pp.369–399
Equestrian Jumping p.369
Sumo Wrestling p.381
Calf Roping p.385
Dogs and their Humans p.390
Summary p.399
index p.401
foreword
Ron Husband and I met at Disney Studios in 1975 where we were both trainees
studying under Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men.” These were the masters who created
the likes of Bambi, Pinocchio, and Cinderella. They were living legends and we
were in our early twenties, hungry to learn. When the time came to pair up the
young recruits, I had the most fortunate blessing to be placed in an office with my
new friend “Huz.”
Since those days we have shared many experiences of life together from then
until now. These experiences of life are the fuel for this book. Quick Sketching with
Ron Husband Revised and Expanded is a record of where Ron has been and what
he has observed. From our Disney mentors we learned that keen observation is the
foundation for all drawing and animation. I know of no other artist who has taken
this truth to heart more than Ron Husband. Whether it is at a football game or a
wedding, you can be sure to see Ron, with sketchbook in hand, peacefully record-
ing in line what his quick eye is seeing. I say “peacefully” because that is the way
he draws. Some artists draw as if they were wrestling their subject into submission
(me for example), whereas Huz seems to just let it happen. My impression is he
tries to get out of the way, letting the image flow from his eyes to his fingertips with
as little interference as possible. There is joy in Ron’s drawing, the joy of a moment
experienced and captured on paper.
How wonderful to see these sketchbooks open their leaves and let the light in
so we can all learn and appreciate the work of this master artist of the sketch.
glen keane
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