Every artist — and every aspiring artist — should have a sketchbook. Although it might seem like an insignificant little thing, it’s one of the most important tools in our art arsenal.
Category: Nature Drawing
My Matterhorn
When I first got the inspiration to paint this mountain, I really thought I was out of my mind. Me? Paint the Matterhorn? But I grabbed a canvas panel, picked up a piece of charcoal, and began blocking in the shapes.
Landscape and the Sublime: The Art of Caspar David Friedrich
Friedrich wanted to capture elements of the sublime, that moment of “connection” that often happens when we contemplate the natural world, that inexpressible feeling of our own spiritual being, our awareness that we are but a part of something greater than our insignificant selves.
Penguin
Have a Happy Draw-a-Bird-in-August Day! Even though I’m taking a summer break, this little penguin didn’t want to miss out … More