Monthly Archives: May 2011

“Urban Volunteers” / 32.5″ x 24″ / Mixed Media on Canvas This is a painting I did recently and donated to the Kiwanis Club of Columbus for their annual auction.  The Club is an organization of volunteers that serves the … Continue reading →

This week brings the last class of the semester, and was a nice way to bring my teaching internship to a close. Portfolios were due for all of the students, and Ernie was in charge of organizing these and setting … Continue reading →

This week I helped Ernie a bit with organizing student work for the upcoming end-of-year show. Ernie is picking drawings for the students to mat and submit for the show. There is a vacant studio right next door to the … Continue reading →

Continued with 5-week pose, this being the second-to-last session for this drawing. Ernie asked me if I could run his class on May 6th as he will be tied up with administrative work. Indeed I will. Drawing business as usual.

This week Ernie unwittingly answered a big question I had without me asking it. There is a particular student in our class who has always been something of a renegade, drawing in a crazy style without regard to what has … Continue reading →

This week our class began a new 5-week drawing, which the students began after warming up with 2-minute gesture drawings. Ernie got the class started with their drawings and then let me take over after about an hour. Before he … Continue reading →

Class this week was structured as usual, beginning with 2-minute sketches and then going back into the longer drawing continued from last week. Ernie seemed to focus this class on the “elements of light”, which he has broken down into … Continue reading →

Class this week began with 2-minute gesture drawings. Students were instructed to loosen up, flow through the figure, and try to get all of the basic shapes in: torso, pelvis, appendages and the head. Ernie stressed the importance of sketching … Continue reading →