At long last, we have arrived at the (unofficial) conclusion of this life drawing series. Undoubtedly, there will be more portraits in the future, but now it is time to look back on not only this portrait’s process, but my overall experience with the art of life drawing. To begin with, life drawing became…

It was Friday, three days before our next life drawing portrait was due, and neither my friend Thomas nor I had anyone left to draw. Both of our families were either busy or flat out refused to pose for the allotted amount of time. So we put into action our plan C: Draw each…

It is now time to recount my next life drawing session and the challenges and growth it produced. The first full-length session, as recounted in my last post, gave me many difficulties. This was to be expected, of course, since life drawing is a new experience for me, and this week I found myself…

Welcome back to my very “under construction” blog, where hopefully soon some aesthetic principles will be applied. In the meantime, I am here to talk about a brand-new artistic endeavor I have embarked on: Life drawing, specifically life drawing with charcoal. Up until now, I have attempted realistic portraiture only a handful of times,…