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Month: June 2019

Drawing My Mother

June 2, 2019By Costa VavagiakisStudio Notes
Drawing My Mother

Back when we were kids we sketched well, but we didn’t take drawings that far. Over the last thirty years, because of the blossoming of the French academic ateliers that focus on rendering, it has reversed. Today, I find a lot of students who do finished drawings well, but don’t sketch well. I discovered a … Read More

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