Federico Zuccaro noted that, “When [his brother Taddeo] was living in the house of Calabrese he could never make drawings in the daytime and hardly ever in the evenings, and at night he had to go to bed in the dark because he was grudged even a drop of oil for a lamp; but his Continue Reading
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29Mar2013 Portugal drawing workshop June 17, 2013 to June 24, 2013
Sign up for the 2013 Portugal drawing workshop. This sketching workshop will be all over Northern Portugal where its the most scenic and less traveled area of Portugal. Discover the villages, villas and cities of Portugal such as Braga, Viseu, Castelo Branco, Aveiro and Viena do Castelo. This is a week long workshop for only Continue Reading
25MarAntoine Louis Barye: Sculptor
The first sculpture i saw of this sculptor was the famous Lion Crushing a Serpent. Such a great theme, the more i researched him i realized that we have very few good animal sculptors. There are alot of accurate sculptures of animals, mostly coming out of the west of the U.S. but they are stiff Continue Reading
18MarNew friday drawing
17MarApril 5 Burlesque drawing at visarts
Due to the success and high attendance of the first march burlesque drawing session. We are doing another on april 5th. Be sure to tell all your friends. 15$ plus a free drink and pencils and paper. The amazing Sophia will mode for us, and give us a burlesque performance we will never forget. Seating Continue Reading
08MarNew sculpture class starting at visarts
Beginning/Intermediate Sculpture Date: Saturdays from March 16 to May 4 Time: 10:00am to 12:30pm Special Schedule Notes: No class on 3/30 and 4/13 Tuition: $180.00 Location: Ceramics Studio (3rd floor) Ever wanted to learn how to sculpt from a model. Sign up for my class in the link below. We will do several sculptures from the ground up, and Continue Reading
26FebGot Raphael?
In my opinion, Raphel was a much better artist than Michaelangelo, but unfortunatly Raphel did not life to the ripe old age that Michael Angelo did. Raphel Died in his thirties. But up to that point, his work was better than most renaissance artists. He also was a sculptor, poet, writer, painter. For centuries Raphael Continue Reading
18FebSilver Point
No one does silver point anymore except a few artists. Why not? I think its because its a bit more time consuming and a much more difficult medium to use than the standard charcoal and pencil rubbing we do to get painterly effects. Its easy to hide mistakes with sloppy technique. But mediums like silverpoint Continue Reading
16FebThe art of drawing the Burlesque
Starting March 8 at visarts we will be doing a special happy hour burlesque drawing session. Every month, the first friday we will have a Burlesque drawing session in rockville. Its worth it. 15$ gets you a model, a free drink paper and pencils to draw a beautiful model. Not a bad deal, come on Continue Reading
