I Love My Gansai

Now that I’ve moved past that dreadful exercise on drawing an interior scene, I’m happily sketching various objects around the…

The Vanishing Vanishing Point

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…” I’ve never seen the movie Jaws, but…

I think everyone probably guessed this one, right? The answer is Pablo Picasso… maybe. Yes, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica,…

A fun question for today! Which artist is known as the creator of Cubism? Rembrandt van Rijn Pablo Picasso Salvador…

It had to happen, you know. Any time you pick up a how-to-draw book, sooner or later you’re going to…

I’ve been told that until my accuracy in drawing improves, I really don’t need to worry about learning to shade.…

I’ll be taking a few days away from the studio, so no art, no posts, no blogging until next Monday.…

It’s been a very busy week here at our house. With summer vacation drawing to a close, Grandpa and Grandma…

I’ll admit to feeling a bit silly when I looked this statue up and realized what it is and where…

Today’s Art Quiz question is about sculpture, and I’ll admit that I was not familiar with this work. Here’s the…

I sometimes marvel at how some of the most rewarding things in life simply “happen” of their own accord. We’re…

My first gesture drawings — done in May 2016 — were a lot of fun. They were also (in my…

Before I found myself pursuing art and actually becoming an artist, I had a very limited familiarity with art supplies. I…

When I began learning to draw, I started with graphite, moved on to charcoal, conte, and then to pen and…

On my list of things I don’t like to draw, interior scenes rank right up there near the top, along…

You probably knew this one, I’m sure. Yes, the answer is contrapposto, and here’s a quick definition: Contrapposto is an Italian…

I’ve recently been doing a bit of figure drawing as part of my summer’s “remedial drawing crash course”. I’ve gone…

In every journey we take, there’s always that moment when we come back around to where we began. Poet T.…

I know yesterday’s post was a bit of a downer, but let’s put that aside for now. True, I struggle…

My husband hates to hear “I can’t…” Unfortunately, I tend to say that a lot, far more than I should,…