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"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad," Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali
what gesture!!!




Value drawings.  The old masters called the use of value to show form, "Chiaorscuro." Usually low key compositions with intense lighting. (pretty hard to pull off with candles!)

Rembrandt
Self portrait in a window

Kathe Kollwitz

Picasso Self Portrait

Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat

Gesture and the use of line as a scaffold

Emanuela de Musis at the Academy of Realist Art
This gorgeous work is done in the classical method. To my life drawing students, see how they build the "scaffolding." This method of teaching involves one year of intensive drawing from casts.
Look how emotional these paintings and drawings have become by not "reporting" all of the facts. They are creating an illusion of reality, not reporting all of the details.


Most drawing enthusiasts love to make prints, especially etchings or Intaglio. Jake Muirhead's prints are great gestural drawings. Check them out!


Local printmaker extraordinaire and fantastic master printmaker, Ron Garrett,  will be offering classes in his awesome studio in all methods of printmaking. He has increible energy and knowledge of traditional printmaking techniques. I can't wait to work in his studio making and learning more about etchings, etc.
All right in Boca Raton.
I will keep you posted on upcoming classes.

A wonderful connection between classical and contemporary line in two dimensions and three dimensions. She makes wonderful drawings that she translates into marble. This is the expression of line in a truly original manner. Make sure to watch her Ted lecture. 
This work moves me!






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