Where I'm at...

I've been spending my weekend at a 3-day intensive Drapery Drawing Workshop at the Gage Academy of Fine Art with Margaret Davidson. Here's a peek. I did 1 piece in charcoal and am now working on a piece in pen & ink. The ink is much more challenging because a) it can't be erased like charcoal and b) the only variation in tone is in the quantity of strokes - with charcoal you can adjust the pressure, rub it out to blend, switch pencils, add more layers, ya da ya da ya...

All in all, Margaret is a wonderful instructor and for the most part, the drapery is a wonderful "model" (except when the afternoon light shifts the shadows, but that's hardly the model's fault).

Can you say Norm in a toga?