Figure Drawing Night 10.28.10

I started a new sketchbook during figure drawing on thursday - it has very thin paper which makes for interesting bleedthrough. I painted the cover during the model's breaks.

Figure Drawing, 10/28/10

Landscape Painting: Maymont

Josh George, Andrew Wright, and I went landscape painting today - it was a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing it again soon!

Figure Drawing Night 10.26.10

Pencil, watercolor, and gouache in sketchbook.

Warm-Up: Janet Gaynor

First in a series of warmup paintings based on Best Actress Academy Award winners. Janet Gaynor won in 1928 for Seventh Heaven.

Snapshots from Hearth

TADRVA checks out the floodwall across the Mayo bridge as part of the first Hearth outing. Hearth is Health + Art + Community, and it will serve as our community outreach program. We have big plans in store for Hearth, Richmond, and the Region. More to come soon!

Cotton Model

I saw an odd advertisement the other day with a lady modeling cotton and posing with a bunch of sheep.  So just having some fun with gouache.

TAD RVA is Hot!

Aa TAD RVA continues to grow, it would seem that we are making quite the impression on those outside of the region. More to come from TAD RVA!

Click here for a recent sighting over Richmond.

Sketchbook Mid-October

Recent sketchbook work - more scans can be seen on my personal blog.

Figure Drawing Night 10.12.10

Acrylic on masonite.

Secret Sketchbook 3

Something from today's secret sketchbook.

Figure Drawing Night 10.07.10

Some of my figure drawings from Thursday's open figure drawing session. I've really been enjoying drawing with this calligraphy nib!

a man with a solution

This piece was based of an article about the growing popularity of bicycling in New York City and how it is now one of the most bike friendly cities in the world.  The city has attempted to adapt to this with such things as providing more bicycle racks and designated lanes.  This is a good thing for the environment, personal health and limitation of automobile traffic, and in my opinion is the best way to get around in a city.  There has also been, however, a negative effect.  Many cyclists break laws such as riding in the wrong direction down lanes, running stop lights, riding on sidewalks, etc., which considering the heavy traffic and high population of the city can cause problems.   This has resulted in many injuries and even deaths through various collisions.

So, this is a proposed solution.

Figure Drawing Night 10.05.10

Some of my drawings from last night's figure drawing session. Calligraphy pen on paper.

Sketchbook Early October

Some pages from my sketchbook over the past week or so.