Student Work
Before and After

My workshops focus on using contrast, texture, and a wide range of values to create realistic looking drawings. Here are some photos of student's work before and after a 3 day workshop. I'll be adding more comparison photos like this in the future to help show the growth of my workshop participants. 

 

Before

Here is a drawing that Josh from Maui did just before taking my class.

After

This is the drawing he produced after taking my three day workshop there. Amazing progress, Josh!

 


Before


This portrait was drawn by Wendi  from Illinois before she took my workshop. It is a fine portrait, but it is lacking in depth and realism.
After

After three days at a recent rough skin portrait class you can see that Wendi incorporated my techniques for increasing contrast, texture, and value which enabled her to create a much more realistic looking drawing. 
Great Job, Wendi!

 

Before

This portrait was drawn by Steve from California. He has the basics down but needed help with understanding light direction and shading.

After

This is Steve's work after attending one of my 3 day workshops. His work now has much more "pop" and realism. Well done, Steve!

 

Before

This drawing was done by Lydia who flew all the way from Belgium to take my workshop.

After

After my workshop she was able to produce this beautiful portrait.  An amazing improvement and in my opinion it was well worth the long trip. She is now teaching my techniques in Belgium.

 

 

Before

This drawing is from Joe from Massachusetts. It is a great likeness of Michael Cane, but Joe was lacking the knowledge of how to bump up contrast, and render believable skin texture.

After

This is a portrait that Joe completed after my workshop. The progress is remarkable.
Very Nice, Joe!

Before

This is another drawing by Joe. The lack of shading in the face is keeping this portrait from having depth and dimension.

After

This is his drawing after my class where we concentrated on emphasizing light, shadow and texture.

Here is another fantastic drawing by Joe. I think he has made remarkable progress.

 

Before

Here is a drawing from Berni from Arizona. It is really well done but lacks value and contrast. 

After

After taking my class, she decided to do the same drawing again. This time, the portrait pops off the page. Great job, Berni!

 



Before

This drawing is from Bryan from Florida. He shows a lot of talent here but he wanted to learn a more realistic style for his work.

After

This is after taking one of my workshops. He did a great job of creating the illusion of his drawing taped to a wooden background. 

 

This drawing was done by Steve E. from California before my class.

He completed this beautiful cat drawing after.

 

This drawing was done by Dennis from Hawaii. 

This was after one of my 3 day workshops.
 You did a great job, Dennis!

 

John from Washington did drawing this before...

and this one after a workshop. 
Amazing progress, John.

 

This drawing was done by Bill Fidler in my rough skin portrait Class. Bill did a great job rendering the skin texture and creating a sense of roundness to the form.

 

 

Gary from New Mexico  did portrait before my class. 

Here is a drawing after taking just one of my workshops. 

These are some other drawings from Gary.
Really nice job. You've made some amazing progress.

 

This beautiful portrait was done by Naomi from Portland after taking one of my workshops.  My objective isn't to turn out carbon copies of myself. Naomi was already an accomplished artist and my techniques allowed her to increase contrast and texture while maintaining her own great style.
Below are some photos of students work from my March 20th, 2010 BYOP (Bring Your own Portrait) workshop. 

Students were allowed to bring any portrait to work on in class while I helped guide them along using my techniques. 

 

This self portrait was done by Laurie from Tennessee. Great Job Laurie!

This beautiful portrait of her grandfather was rendered by Mary from Texas. 

 

 

 

Both of these Portraits were completed by Fran from New York. She did a fantastic job in the class. 

 

These drawings were rendered by Dave from Kansas. He has taken two of my workshops. The first is a portrait of a very recognizable person. The second drawing is a tromp l'oeil piece he did that actually fooled me for a minute. He had drawn the baby from the steps in my book and then added the illusion of the other elements. I actually thought the ruler was real when he asked me to hand it to him.  Even the stick note is an illusion. Great job Dave!

 

This beautiful portrait was done by Sandy in the BYOP class. She drew this from a photo she had taken in her travels. 
Fantastic Job, Sandy.

To see some pictures of this class taking place click
BYOP Class Photos 

 

The drawings below were done by students in my one of my Trompe l'Oeil workshops. They learned to realistically render metal, wood, paper, masking tape, and other fun textures. When framed, these drawings will appear to have the title card with their name is stuck in the frame.

This trompe l'oeil drawing was done by Berni Carney in my July 2010 class. She really did a great job with the contrasting textures.

My daughter, Taylor was able to take the class also. She is a senior in College majoring in art and also volleyball player. She has worn her lucky #8 since high school.

 

This one is from Tom P. Tom has taken several of my workshop and his improvement has been amazing. Great job in the trompe l'Oeil class, Tom!

 

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