Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #20! Good morning! I hope you're enjoying your summer! I've been working the high school students out here in PA for PCA&D's pre-college summer classes, and it's been a real blast. I wanted to let you know about a few things coming up, lots happening, as usual: I have a new online weekend workshop coming up for the first weekend in August (there's a discount code below!), a quick update on the flat-file sale...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Today Is The Last Day For My Flat File Sale! The sale has been very successful, and I'm thrilled so many artworks are escaping the flat file drawers and going out into the world to be appreciated. Today is the last day of the sale, and I wanted to highlight a few of the remaining artworks. Grisaille Painting Demo This demonstration was created for one of my online workshops focusing on "Grisaille". In person you can really see the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #19! At the end of the academic year I collect the various drawing pads, boxes of painting materials, and other teaching ephemera from my classrooms and bring it all back to the studio to sort through. My teaching year doesn't quite feel like it's over until I do that- and I've been putting it off this year because I had so much fun working with the students this last semester. Getting around to this sort of...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #18! Good morning All! I've been going through stacks of my work in the studio over the past few weeks, and I have art materials on the brain. More below on both of those- but also a quick note about the image I use as a header for these Drawing Board emails: that's from my first "drawing board" that I purchased in 2005, which is now covered in acrylic, chalks, oils, shellac, blood (always use a sharp x-acto...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #17! Quick note from the studio before the week gets away from me- Still-Life Club is back, I'm doing a live portrait demo this Saturday, and I have work hanging in a show I'm proud to be part of. More on all of it below! Still-Life Club is Back: After taking a break, Still-Life Club is back! Today's the last day to grab hi-res images of these David Feature references before the our April images go live!...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #16! It's been a while since we've had a newsletter- thanks so much for being here! There's lots of exciting news around the corner, but for Valentine's Day I thought I would share one of my favorite portrait paintings with you, in fact, it's a double portrait by two painters that most of us haven't had the occasion to study yet. So please, let me introduce you to the Krøyers: The Krøyer's Double Portrait,...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #15! Happy September! Welcome to the start of a new semester: Class prep at the two colleges have kept me very busy this past August, but I feel focused, prepared, and excited for the new academic year! I know some of you are teachers and students, and I hope you feel the same! I have new blog posts & podcasts that will be published very soon, as well as a number of new courses that start up within the next...
12 months ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #14! Aaaannd we're back! After few months of summer break, we're back, and we have a few exciting offerings for August that I think you'll really enjoy. Also- be on the lookout for the return of the podcast! Adrian Brandon, a former student, TA, and *incredible* artist is up next! I'm very excited to share that conversation with you- stay tuned. I'm starting the new semester off early with two new workshops!...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here for more Welcome to the Drawing Board #12! Exciting news- I'm wrapping up this Spring with two unique exhibitions: The Demuth Museum Invitational and 6X10B, a truly special drawing exhibition that I've helped to co-curate! Hear more about these on the new podcast episode that debuted this morning and check out the links below! The Demuth Annual Invitational: In Good Company I'm honored to have been invited to take part in the Demuth Museum's...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read