Tis the Season

2 minute gesture drawing and a 15 minute drawing of dancer Emily T from tonight's class. The gesture is drawn with the large chisel tip Sharpie on newsprint. The other is conte and pastel on drawing paper. We were entertained by the Mills Brothers Christmas CD and the Home Alone soundtrack.

One good turn....

15 minute drawing of model Alex G...I really liked the turn of the head here. Good poses and a nice, classic outfit...black dress with a white scarf. I added some green for interest.

I Draw the Line

A couple of drawings from tonight's class. James S, terrific as usual posing with a walking stick. Approx 10-15 minutes on these. Conte and pastel. Johnny Cash was our featured musician.
$185.- $200.

On Your Newstand!

Check out the November 2010 "American Art Collector" magazine..pages 38, 105 and 110 for some of my work. The article on the OPA 2010 Eastern Regional is quite good and starts on page 100.

Welly, welly, welly, well.

Erin H posed for the drawing class as Alex from "A Clockwork Orange". Fun costume, great poses as we all tried to recall images and scenes from the movie...no one had seen in a while...some had never seen it. This pose was 15 minutes, conte and pastel.

Country Fair

Small painting...11x14. Inspired by a painting I saw many years ago at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota...I forget the artist but it was a real gem. One of the smaller works in the museum. This work, painted on masonite panel in oil.

Merle Haggard and Hobbits

I didn't think about it at the time but Merle has a little hobbit in him...a little on the short side. He's the man though. We listened to part of his "Down Every Road" boxed set last night while Ashleigh posed in hobbit attire, complete with pointy ears. Here's a 15 minute conte and pastel and a 2 minute gesture drawing. I decided to really go wild on the gestures and draw in marker instead of lead or conte.