Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Some Expressive Nudes, and Blue Ridge Discovery Center News...

My Artwork



Reaching Out Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $894




When I was in school I spent many years working from a live model learning anatomy and learning how to draw expressive, artistic, beautiful nudes. The nude drawing is a very important part of our discipline and, as I have told countless students, anyone can draw the human figure but a true artist gets it right.

Most of these student drawings are thrown out but one of my professors was so impressed with mine that he said I should hang on to them. I didn't hang on to the stacks of drawing pads with gestures and contours but I did hang on to a number of the longer poses that I was pleased with. I am so glad I took his advice since, as I have mentioned before, my best-selling nude, "Reaching Out", was selected out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the set of The Mindy Project on FoxTV.

The drawing is across from Mindy's desk and the show has been renewed for a third season.

I have been blogging for some time about the beautiful mountains I live in so I decided to start talking about my other work.

Here are two more favorite charcoal nude drawings. I am especially pleased with the natural graceful look in both of these.




Kneeling Beauty Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $894

It is very hard to explain what I accomplish in a work of art, but in this drawing the delicate turn of the head and the figure coming out of smoky marks of charcoal is captivating! I am very pleased with this drawing!




Reclining Beauty Original 18"x24" Charcoal Drawing $984

In this one the weight of the figure that is pulled down by the pose and the expressive lines make for an intense visual experience!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Here is the latest news on the group my husband works closely with to promote this gorgeous mountain region!


Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike on Garden Mountain
Sat, August 23, 12am – Sun, August 24, 12am


Where
Garden Mountain

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org

Description

Join BRDC on August 23rd for a hike on the Appalachian Trail at Garden Mountain. For information about any of these free and fun hiking events, please contact Amy Roberts at 276-688-3793 or aarobert@vt.edu.

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