Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Astrid - beautiful inside and out! Charcoal on Fabriano Artistico Those of you that attended the Steven Assael Workshops at the Boca Museum School know of his practice to clip his palette next to his painting for a seamless evaluation of color.  Look at this cool product by David Jon Kassan. The parallel palette comes in two sizes. Check this out! David Jon Kassan Beautiful blended skin tone palette. His technique differs from the full palette of Steven Assael. Different results, both exquisite.  Check out his sketchbook live videos. Be prepared to learn from this man. I just realized he is having a week long workshop in Civita Italy - one week painting from a nude model. I am finishing some of my life drawings and will be posting them on facebook and this blog.  Is anyone interested in small classes at my studio? My ideas are open and limited to up to 5 - 6 students. Cost will depend on demand and model fees. Life drawing with ...

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Manipulating Edges Understanding Values and Edges Charcoal will be a very appropriate medium for this lesson. Bring decent paper, charcoal paper and your white chalk Borden and Reilly make a great medium grey Available at Pearl or Utrecht Bring stumps and erasers. Look at this man's figure drawings He is an incredibly talented illustrator and has mastered many mediums http://www.roberttbarrett.com/ Ryan Wurmser http://www.luxuryportraits.com/main/artists/63-wurmser A great article on Ingres http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artistdaily.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Images%2Bfrom%2BTypePad/photos/uncategorized/0701ingr5_341x600.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/drawing/archive/2008/02/08/ingres-miraculous-lines.aspx&usg=__jQy4jCjZ7uoXFe6nYd8Ff1TwiFk=&h=600&w=341&sz=98&hl=en&start=19&itbs=1&tbnid=IXaSsAsBMLmJfM:&tbnh=135&t...

PARENTHESIS (oil) I think it will be 32 x 96" when framed and mounted together. A few more details and I will have it scanned. Can't wait to start the next one!

Our model will be the lovely Noel. She is incredible. Angular, flexible and professional. Continue our discipline of pegging proportions of the body Everyone works at their own pace. Instruction tailored to you. If you want to try new media, look at this web site Shay Bredimus http://www.shaybredimus.com/iWeb/ART/Rescue.html (Don't hit home, you can't access the images from the thumbnails, just hit the arrows) Featured in the "New and Notable" section of Drawing magazine He uses tattoo ink and wax crayon on frosted mylar. POWERFUL! Anna Wakitsch http://www.annawakitsch.com/index.html Kevin Wueste Look how he progressed from gesture to finished drawing to painting. Yummy! http://kevinwuesteart.blogspot.com/ SEE YOU TOMORROW!

Marcia will be our model. She is angular and holds completely still. Judy will be bringing a large umbrella to pose behind her. This should make for interesting compositions against the mirrors. We will start with our traditional short gestures. I will encourage you to make only 5 to 6 strokes. We will emphasize movement and the balance of weight. I am bringing in some powdered charcoal for experimentation. Use a brush and your eraser to draw bold shapes. I will re emphasize the use of sighting and units of measure. The setting of our model will make you consider the space around her. An umbrella and some dark material with lighting will help you see the model in space. Cool Artists of the week: Robert Armetta http://www.robertarmetta.com/gallery.html Tom Wise Notice his portrait drawings. He really uses the negative space wisely. http://tomwise.com/tomwiseart/Home.html See you there! BE FEARLESS!