September show at Elcy's

Starting this weekend, some of my paintings will be on display at Elcy's Cafe in Glenside, PA.

Elcy's is a delightful cafe inside an old train station. If you're in the area, be sure to stop by, grab a cup of coffee and something sweet, and check out the artwork (some pieces aren't even on the website yet!).  The show will be up through the first week of October. Elcy's is located at:

1 West Glenside Avenue
Glenside, PA  19038
(215) 884-5600

Many thanks to Linda, Amy, Cyndi and Ben for helping to make this happen!
P.S. There is a nifty farmer's market right next to Elcy's on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm. Highly recommended!

Continuing Education

This summer, I took an excellent PAFA Life Drawing workshop at the bucolic Historic Yellow Springs location.  We were working in the Chester Springs Studio, and old stone barn that was converted into an art studio.  Our instructor John Horn accurately described it as "art heaven."

The focus of the class was how to use the classic proportions of the human body in life drawing.  Here's John (and his assistant) giving us some guidelines on the major landmarks of the body.

For a short weekend course, I found it to be very illuminating.  We also had some excellent models posing for us.  I look forward to testing out some of my new knowledge the next time I attend a life drawing session.

Like a rolling stone

Much has changed in the past year!  I got a new job and moved to the Philadelphia area.  In July we packed up and moved to a new apartment in Manayunk. Here's our new street:

We found a charming little place with a nice backyard, within walking distance of the train stations, some good friends, and the shops and restaurants on Main Street.

It's too small for my easel, though - so the next step is to find some affordable studio space.  Wish me luck.

Keep on keepin' on

Here is a longer figure drawing - about three hours. That seems like it should be a lot of time, but it goes by so quickly!

Life Drawing

I'm not enrolled in a class this summer, but I am going to be attending a weekly life drawing session at PAFA. Since I haven't taken a life drawing class at the Academy, I feel pretty clueless, but I'm trying to apply some of the techniques I learned in my cast drawing class and muddle through. Here is a relatively short sketch (30 or 40 minutes) of Stephanie.

Homer

The end of the semester has arrived, so this will be my last cast drawing post. I'm really glad I took this class. I plan to stay involved at PAFA one way or another. Here is a three-session drawing of Homer.

Another Venus

Here is an exercise I did on two pieces of paper, so the final drawing is quite large by my standards.