Even though I grew up on a standard city lot, my dad thought it was important to show us where food comes from. In addition to a prodigious vegetable garden, at different times we raised turkeys, squab, quail, rabbits, pheasants, and even peafowl and a few pigs, but I remember the chickens the most. We [...]
From time to time I receive emails from aspiring artists, or people who are just generally curious about art and my process. Not long ago I received a message from Tracy. She is fairly new to drawing, but she has passion and from what I could see, some real talent. She wrote: “I haven’t any [...]
As I move down the face, my blending becomes increasingly refined to give the illusion of finer and finer hairs, down to the bare skin of the muzzle. It becomes more important to focus on the little details such as wrinkles surrounding the lips to give the portrait life. This takes me a good deal [...]
