On Finding Your Muse

When I first started art school – exactly 21 years ago this month! – I remember telling my instructor, “I just want to learn how to draw.”  (In fact, since childhood, I had “just” wanted to learn how to draw.)  Now that the opportunity to do so was...

On Copying from the Masters, Continued

In a recent blog, I described the process of copying from the Modern Masters within the context of learning how to draw.  The other context in which my students copy is when they are learning a specific medium, such as colored pencil or watercolor.  Here we copy...