50 The Elements of Realistic Drawing TheDrawingSource.com Learn more about Realistic Drawing 101, and watch an introductory video here: https://thedrawingsource.teachable.com/p/realistic-drawing-101 If you have any comments or questions about this e-book or Realistic Drawing 101, please don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected] About the Author Marina Fridman is a Canadian visual artist creating immersive installations that explore our shifting perception of time and space, reality and mortality. In her work, the human body is compared to infinitesimal and the cosmic, creating the simultaneous sensations of immensity and insignificance. Fridman holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University, and a BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She is a threetime recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, a Canada Council for the Arts Grant in 2020, the Manifest ONE Prize in 2019, and an Honorable Mention in the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award in 2018. Fridman has been awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony, I-Park Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, League Residency at Vyt, Creative Practices Institute, Manifest Gallery, Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) Residency in Estonia, and the invitational ArtBnB Jerusalem Residency. Marina’s work has been published by Hi-Fructose Magazine (online), Booooooom, Art in America, ACS Magazine, the Manifest International Drawing Annual, Foundations of Drawing (Random House), North Light Books' Art Journey, and Strokes of Genius, to name a few. Her works have been exhibited and collected in the US, Canada, and Israel.
51 The Elements of Realistic Drawing TheDrawingSource.com View more of Marina’s artwork on her personal website at www.MarinaFridman.com An immersive, entirely hand-drawn installation by Marina Fridman. These planets and walls are hand-drawn using charcoal pencils and compressed charcoal sticks on white paper.