After Lesson #76 learning to draw the skeleton from memory, I sketched this of pop (my dad who passed away 10 years ago this September) ...drawn from a formal portrait that was done for my parent's 50th anniversary. It surprised me easy and swift I got his likeness; the drawing lessons I am doing have made a huge difference. I am drawing faster.
After years of unfinished paintings and destroying much of what I have made because it was mediocre, I have finally come to realize how prudent that was. Until just recently, after years and years of drawing, my skill when to a new level. It has taken me THAT long. Now at this point I realize this: I cannot express what I am trying to say if I do not have the proper technical skills mastered...this fact, I am totally convinced of. Then and only then will I see if I am any good at all as a painter.
Anyone can learn to draw; not everyone can breathe life into a drawing. That is my goal. Same thing is true with painting...which is next. First step is Technical Boot Camp - Cennini Form's Rob Howard held Nov 1 in Haverhill Mass.
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