Category Archives: Workshops

Exercises or Exorcises? Did I mention a productive 3+ months?

Posted on May 5, 2019 by

WOW! I’m a bit amazed – I knew it but there’s nothing like a Catherine Kehoe  class to ramp up exploration and rethinking the work habits. This semester?  how little do you need to make a head? The vertical image … Continue reading →

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2 evenings in contrast: sketchy, sketchy and snip, snip

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

The MFA’s Wednesday evening Drawing in the Galleries has been a wonderful discovery, only pencils allowed, and followed that up with a Thursday evening at Catherine Kehoe’s Collage Factory at Mass Art. Feeling productive!

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Head Homework -drawings in charcoal

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Again, a couple of charcoal heads from a historical painting: a self-portrait by the Polish painter Anna Bilinska-Bogdanovich (1857-1893) I admire the fearless directness of her self-portrait. This artist died of a heart condition at 36. She was best known … Continue reading →

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Heads, week 10 homework: with Catherine Kehoe at Mass Art

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

The homework from week 10 – colors are a better match than last week, the drawing not so much. One of the challenges with the use of historical paintings to recreate in these exercises is they are all about subtle … Continue reading →

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