Back to the grind at GCA.

Here is one of the two paintings I am painting this month at GCA. Hope to get the other one up soon.

It is hard to tell from the photo but the portrait, neck, and chest are final pass, rest still ebauche. More photos to come.

Asheville drawing workshop

My portrait drawing workshop in Asheville was a great time! All the students where so eager for new information and everyone did an amazing job! Here are a few examples of student work. from left to right Joyce Cambron, Janina Tukarski, Alisa Lumbreras.

Girls working hard while the boys are goofing off.

Jen Toplak, Megan Curry, Brian Vasilik

We were lucky to have our gorgeous model Elizabeth Guibert Thomas to draw from. One of the kindest and best models I've had in a long time. Thank you again Elizabeth!

Fine art league of the carolinas

I am teaching a portrait drawing class this week at the Fine Art League of the Carolinas. The studio is amazing, and the students are eager to learn. Only three days in and everyone is doing a great portrait of our wonderful model Elizabeth. I am having a great time, as always, here in Asheville. More pictures to come on Friday.

Drawing in Progress

Here is a drawing I have been working on this summer. Not quite finished but I hope to hire Anna back to finish up. Pencil on toned paper with white chalk.

Doug Flynt's Workshop

My painting of Jessica from Doug Flynts workshop. Doug is amazing at explaining the complex science behind light on form, Hue, Value and Chroma. Information filled workshop. His Blog explains a lot. Im still going back and reading it to grasp it all. http://douglasflynt.blogspot.com/

Sarah Lamb Three day workshop

This is Sarah Lamb's set up during the workshop. She did a great painting of peaches and milk.

Check out her work at http://www.sarahlamb.net/

I had a great time making a quick little still-life for Sarah Lamb's workshop last week. She's a great painter who came into New York to teach at GCA even thou she is 7+ months pregnant. Here is my painting of plums and white flowers.

the League's New Book: Classical Life Drawing Studio

I have two of my drawings published in the League's New Book: Classical Life Drawing Studio
check it out:



Classical Life Drawing Studio, a new book from Sterling Publishing and The Art Students League, distills the spirit of the League’s atelier classes—the people, the methods, the art—into a fully illustrated, 220-page celebration of classical drawing.

The book is available now at the League store or through a special League site at BarnesandNoble.com.

Classical Life Drawing Studio is a multifaceted learning tool for any artist. It will help artists improve their drawing by deepening their appreciation for the figure and by broadening their understanding of classical drawing’s role in the creation of art from antiquity through today. The full-page reproductions of contemporary and early 20th-century drawings are compelling works for students to make studies of.

200 Drawings; Reflections from 16 Instructors
Classical Life Drawing Studio includes a foreword by renowned American artist and former League instructor Will Barnet, and an introductory essay by League instructor editor James Lancel McElhinney. Sixteen contemporary League instructors (alphabetically from Camhy to Vavagiakis) explain what they value in their art and teaching. They offer their insights on drawings from the League’s permanent collection and share what they learned from their teachers.

“Drawing Studio” features 200 high-quality, full-color reproductions. There are more than 100 contemporary drawings and paintings from the League’s instructors and their students. The book’s “Gallery of Classical Drawing from the Collection of the Art Students League of New York” showcases 80 full-page reproductions, including many from the popular 2009 Drawing Lessons exhibition at the League.

You can see samples images from the book and lists of contributing instructors students works at http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/classical_drawing_book.html .

Purchase the book at the League store or from the League's discount portal BarnesandNoble.com.