We draw directly from live models, each clothed in costumes from our extensive Costume Collection. Sometimes the models are placed in narrative settings, and sometimes the students are asked to create a narrative setting around the costumed figure. Sometimes image "clippings" from various sources are offered to the students, such as architecture, furniture, props, even other characters that might appear in a narrative setting, to inspire students' compositions. Once a month, they choose one of their classwork drawings and fully develop it, in medium of their choice, into a complete narrative illustration.
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My career since I graduated from RISD in 1961 and '64...! has encompassed Fashion Illustration, Exhibition Design, Product Development, Children's Books and Games, The Advertising Industry,
Editorial Magazines, Natural Science Renderings, Graphic Design, Costume Design for Theater, Dance and Opera, and recently , Landscape Drawing and Painting. My favorite classes to teach are...all the one's that they let me teach! Recently opening an Art Gallery in Wenham to exhibit many different themes, both Fine Art AND Illustration...
I'm always interested in meeting new artists...beginning or established. I'll look at art thru dvd's, Slides, or in person...you can literally drop in for a review. If we 'click', I'll make a Studio Visit. You'll find that many of my planned shows are 'Group' or 'Partnered'...YOU may be the perfect partner for an up-coming show.