We’re trying a Saturday morning Urban Sketchers class at our local art center. It is very interesting to be a student again. I’m really...

When I was in grad school I had this big "ah-ha" moment. I didn't really understand how to draw a suit collar & lapel until I drafted and...

And it's a doozy! For this semester of remote learning I created 45 demonstration videos (a couple have been shared here on the blog). I...

This pandemic is taking its toll on everything. I have no idea what things will be like on the other side of this, but it will be...

A couple of years ago, I discovered a very easy way to quickly use digital rendering to help personalize makeup worksheets. For years...

I've gone back to art school by watching the most excellent videos on Lynda.com- Drawing Foundation: Figure taught by Amy Wynne. Other...

A week off from textiles as we tech and dress The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The first sketch is of a coat rack on the set that was cut...

I set out this term to draw something for 10 minutes every day. I had to soften my rules a bit as it was adding stress to my life! I...

Hands and feet are always a challenge for me to draw. I have moved on from inventing pockets to hide hands in, but I still need to look...

My only complaint about doing the timed drawings digitally is I have no way to quickly save drawings and get a fresh "sheet" of paper. I...

Things were pretty quiet this week in the BioArtography world as I took a trip back to Baltimore, my home town, and recharged with family...

I spent a lot of last week working on preliminary sketches for The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Detroit Public Theatre. Also included this...

More sketching using photo references. I like blocking in the gesture with a softer pastel and then cleaning up the longer studies with a...

Spent some time this week learning some tricks with AutoDesk Sketchbook. I've now figured out the color picker and working with layers....

Here are more 1 minute figure studies as well as some longer studies of a hand a foot. Bonus: luggage rack on the train to Chicago.

This week I worked on figure drawing. There are several online tools for timed figure study. It was helpful to get my hand moving with...

Another goal while on sabbatical is getting more comfortable working digitally. For the past few years, I've been using Procreate on an...