I posted this first on the ALFG Discussion Board to get our subscribers’ take on it:
Should Christian Art Students Study the Nude Figure?
This question especially came to mind when I learned of how Gordon College, a Christian college in Wenham, MA, recently modified it’s Art program when they developed a curriculum that includes the study and rendering of the undraped human figure.
As many of you know, a Figure Drawing curriculum using undraped models is not unusual for most college and university Art programs.
Gordon College Art Department representatives say that the …

From the “Practice What You Preach” file. Many of you have heard may talk about doing something creative everyday to keep your skills sharp.
Here is an example of how that practice helps me as well.
Recently, I noticed one of my daughters in a relaxed stance while watching TV. The profile caught my artistic eye. After shouting “Don’t move!” I hurried to grab my sketch pad and casually went to work. Here’s what I came up with. I plan to eventually convert this into a completed digital painting, but even if not, it was …

This is another example of how you can strive to create something everyday.
You’d think that I would have started doing this a long time ago. As I travel, I now take my sketchbook with me all the time to not only capture an illustrated thought but to excercise my gift in order to keep my skill sharp.
The video below is an example of such:

View these sketches in detail here in our Sketchbook Gallery>>
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