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One reason some artists avoid drawing the nude human figure is that, more than any other subject, every mark counts.  Not only is the drawin...

What we do reflects what we know as well as what we don't know.  Knowledge is not static nor is it finite nor is it limited to study fro...

Gesture drawing is our most direct tool for absorbing the essence of what we see.  Simply defined a gesture drawing captures the movement th...

Let's switch gears a bit and take a look at our work habits. No matter our style of painting or our personality, there are ways t...

I've always been intrigued by how much can be said with so little when the saying of it is in the hands of a master.  There are volu...

What do the sonnet, the waltz and a rabatment have in common? Each is a form--a pattern for how parts of a creation will fall into place....

Whether enabling us to cross over a deep ravine, a small stream or twelve lanes of traffic, we depend upon bridges to get from one place to ...