Surface Tension
Curled Back, 2013, by Fred Hatt On the scale of galaxies and bodies, the universe embodies the elegant equations of Einstein and Newton, but at the subatomic scale, it’s all quantum weirdness, a foamy...
View ArticleNaked Singularity
Haruspex, 2013, by Fred Hatt Every body is unique. There is a strain of figure drawing study that aims to modulate every model toward a Platonic ideal anatomy. There are valid reasons for such an...
View ArticleA Self Portrait for the New Year
Self Portrait, 2012, by Fred Hatt Why wish my readers Happy New Year with a scowling picture of your humble blogger? This portrait was my good start to the year just ending. Randall Harris of...
View ArticleÉlan Vital
Windmill, 2013, by Fred Hatt I’ve named this collection of my recent figure drawing work “Élan Vital” after philosopher Henri Bergson‘s concept of a dynamic impulse manifesting in evolution and...
View ArticleEnd-On: Extreme Foreshortening – Part 2
Rotation, 2006, by Fred Hatt One of my all-time most popular Drawing Life posts is “End-On: Extreme Foreshortening“, from 2010, which featured my sketches of models in mostly reclining poses, seen at...
View ArticleCOLOR exhibition opens Feb 13, 2015
A collection of Fred Hatt’s colorful figurative drawings is included in COLOR, opening Friday, February 13, at Figureworks Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Here is Figureworks’ show description:...
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