Earlier this week I spent a couple of hours drawing the great Pete Postlethwaite. Few actors, I think, had a face so full of character. Every line seems to tell a story.

Hi friends, this week I’ll be archiving The Society. I'm simplifying my life and fully focusing on my Coaching Program community. Right now they are thriving and deserve my full attention. My vision for this group was always bigger than image sharing. I wanted to build a collaborative community with me, other Pros, and members who wanted to break out of the social media paradigm of vanity, likes and follows. I wanted to create a community built on conversations and relationships, online and offline. To keep that vision alive would require many hours of teaching, support, and collaboration, and right now, I simply don’t have the time (or resources) to sustain it. I plan to have an oil painting focused community soon. That is the next stage in my evolution so I will dedicate my hours and labor to this new chapter in my life. If you are interested in that, please follow me on my new website (I will start writing beautiful articles there again) and join my free email list. That is where I will do my teaching and guiding for now. Thank you for being part of this. Skool is still in it's infancy, but I know it will become as mainstream as Facebook. As censorship of nude figurative art and beautiful realism as a whole continues to rise, the mass of artists like me will eventually migrate here. So thank you for being a pioneer with me. To those who resonate with me and align with my mission to build a sanctuary for beauty online I hope to meet you again. Much love and peace be with you until we meet again.❤️🤝

https://www.youtube.com/live/8Na6V5wJU1M?si=1kRdfzwmWVKexLAI Episode 1 of this series. Here I give an overview of the class and I demonstrate the 5 different ways I look at masterworks and how I can extract knowledge and skills from these great works.

Nothing better, then, than to get the trusty charcoal sticks out and have fun with the dusty stuff. I wasn't exactly done with it, but was starting to fiddle with it way too much (especially in the hair and neck), so I decided to stop. Any improvement tips are welcome. :) Have a nice weekend, all!

Well, I certainly fell short of my lofty goal, think I could squeeze in one more by the time Halloween rolls around. Its been fun doing the sharp contrast and dramatic lighting of the old black and white horror flicks. Despite falling short of my intentions, just having the goal in mind has been motivating to keep going despite knowing that I wont make it. This guy is from the 1935 film "Mad Love" check it out sometime!