Year: 2012

  • Art Journaling Mr. Clean and The Buddha

    What a FUN night we had! The theme for the night was a clean slate, but that didn’t really have much bearing on the show.  Girl2 painted alongside, Boy2 played with blocks and danced, My Beautiful, Young Bride gave us an update on the happenings in her class room and my mum rejoined us as…

  • Daddy Daughter breakfast sketches 07JAN2012

    The cafe was PACKED this morning.  When we first got there, we couldn’t even comfortably stand inside to wait for a seat. So we walked over to the studio and goofed off for a while. When we got back, they were still very busy, but we got our favorite seats at the counter. We ordered…

  • Painting class update

    This week I let the day job and just about anything else work to prevent me conducting Painting Class.  I have a philosophy that if you want to do something you will find a way to do it.  If you don’t, you will find an excuse not to.  Right now, I find myself making excuses…

  • Drawing Class 9: The Eye

    Tonight in Drawing Class I laid down the basics on how to draw an eye.  I demonstrate how the human anatomy and life drawing can be broken down into basic shapes so that you can get a better understanding of the shading.  I also talk about how using the AOH method as a tool, while…

  • 5 Minute Nudes Dec26-Jan01

    NUDITY ALERT! Duh! I am spending 5 minutes a day practicing drawing naked ladies nude figures. This is part of my #100DaysArt process where I pick something to practice for 100 days in a row.  Here are the 5 minute nudes for the week of December 26, 2011 through January 01, 2012 All of the…