The chin is a golf ball. Artists can get into a lot of trouble if we forget that the chin has structure. That it is round. We can be in a big hurry to labor over the more popular features- the eyes, for instance. (If we were comparing the features of the head to...
And no, I am not talking about the ones you fly in….Chances are there are walls around you right now. Think about how flat and straight and perfectly vertical they are. Now realize that there is nothing that flat and straight and vertical anywhere on the head. You...
This is the sign on the back on my bathroom door. It was written by my youngest daughter when she was about 10 years old. She was already a year into writing her first novel by then. Yes- her first novel. She carried around a pink notebook and she would write in it...
Every Thursday night I get to draw the model. Right next to the old cotton mill I live in is the Greenville Center for Creative Arts. On Thursday evenings from 6 – 8pm I have set up Open Figure Sessions. The nice thing about that is that there is no...
I’ve never been one to hang awards on my wall…. Not exactly sure why. I have been in other artists’ homes and I have seen paintings with ribbons and award certificates lining the hallways. I guess that is not me. I think it may have started from a severe...
I love new socks. There is a comfort that is hard to decribe. It is a perfect fit right from the start. No stain, rip or tear. So new and pristine. And so the last few months in my new home in South Carolin has felt like a new, fuzzy, ultra-comfy pair of socks. A...
