Mary Lou Cooke

The Evolution of an Artist

Drawing Masterclass

Portrait of Dancer

I took another Udemy drawing class, this one is called The Complete Drawing Masterclass: From Beginner to Advanced.

The instructor is Jonathan Simon, MFA

I got many useful things out of it, most of all, it was interesting to see a professional artist work on pieces without a tremendous amount of video editing.

Seeing the different ways he held the drawing instrument, whether a pencil or piece of vine charcoal was influential and I feel more confident when I put my pencil to paper. It’s like I’ve developed some long neglected muscle in my hand.

Lesson About the Structure of the Eye

I really like working with conte pencils, this was new to me.

And gesture drawing… FUN! (I’d like to get good at this)

This progression of drawings came from the chapter on the Block-In method of drawing.