Select the “My Classes” button above to see the schedule of my new three classes offered this winter of 2019.
In addition, the following are new drawings and paintings that I’ve done recently, all four created as demonstrations for my students at Holiday Park Senior Center where we will be doing studies on the human figure. The first two (just below) show the nude human figure, one male and the other female. Each are drawn from work done by Paul Cadmus (male figure) and Jean Ingres (female) and show a graphite drawing of each figure, paired with a watercolor painting of the same figure. The male figure drawing uses the “crosshatching” technique for shading the highlights and shadows, and is matched with a finished watercolor. The drawn female figure is shaded using a tortillion (a rolled paper blending stick; or as we affectionately call it, a “doobie”). Its matching watercolor illustrates the first “glaze” applied of the skin tones and is only one quarter complete.
The next two are also demos done for my HPSC classes in December. The watercolor of the pumpkins and gourds was inspired by a photo of same in the Washington Post and a homework assignment given to my watercolor classes. The drawing is an assemblage of still-life components collected and drawn as a demo in the drawing class and illustrates how the components can be arranged to create a controlled and organized composition.
