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Rich Nelson Violet, Charcoal and White Conte
15″ x 23″
I believe Richard Schmid said that most problems with paintings are due to drawing. Most of us start out drawing but often, as we begin painting, we don’t circle back to drawing much.
I was fortunate to study drawing principles, such as perspective and anatomy, in art school in the ’80s in Detroit, Michigan. However once I began painting a lot, I did not draw much and even began to feel that drawing was becoming a weakness I could mask with the occasional lucky shape, splashy brushwork and such.
Fortunately, I was asked ..read more