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.
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After
This is the drawing he produced
after taking my three day workshop there.
Amazing progress, Josh!
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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.
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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!
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Before
This portrait was drawn by
Steve from California. He has the basics down
but needed help with understanding light
direction and shading.
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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!
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Before
This drawing was done by Lydia who flew all
the way from Belgium to take my workshop.
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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.
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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.
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After
This is a portrait that Joe
completed after my workshop. The progress
is remarkable.
Very Nice, Joe!
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This drawing was done by Anne from Arizona.
She had a lot of talent to begin with but in
my opinion, it is more of a sketch than a
finished drawing. It lacks the values that
would make it "pop".
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This is Anne's drawing after taking my
workshop. Notice how she was able to
increase the contrast and give a much more
realistic look.
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Before
This drawing is from Heidi
before she took one of my portrait classes.
I don't think this is a bad portrait at all
but look to the right to see the fantastic
job she did after!
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After
This is her drawing after my
class where we concentrated on emphasizing
light, shadow and texture. Wonderful Job,
Heidi!
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Before
Here is a drawing from
Berni from Arizona. It is really well done
but lacks value and contrast.
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After
After taking my class, she
decided to do the same drawing again. This
time, the portrait pops off the page.
Great job, Berni!
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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.
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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.
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This drawing was done by Steve E. from
California before my class.
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He completed this beautiful cat drawing
after.
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This drawing was done by Dennis from
Hawaii.
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This was after one of my 3 day workshops.
You did a great job, Dennis!
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John from Washington did
drawing this before...
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and this one after a
workshop.
Amazing progress, John.
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Here's one from Bryan from Florida. He
has taken two classes from me so far and
his progress has been amazing. He really
captured the intense look of "Hook".
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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.
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Thom, from Seattle has
taken several of my workshops and is now
producing some really great artwork.
His use of charcoal for the hat and
clothing add contrast which really frames
the face nicely.
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This is a self portrait that
Ashley worked on in my "Bring Your Own
Project" workshop. I'm so happy I was able
to help her create such a wonderful drawing.
What an amazing young artist!
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Here's one that was done by
Holly after she took a workshop from me in
Houston, Texas. Not only is the portrait
great but I love the atmosphere in the
background she created by using the
blending techniques she learned in class.
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This is another amazing drawing by Holly.
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Gary from New Mexico
did portrait before my class.
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Here is a drawing after taking just one
of my workshops.
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These are some other drawings
from Gary.
Really nice job. You've made some amazing
progress. |
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This
portrait was drawn by Wendy V. in our smooth
skin drawing workshop. What an amazing
talent. Since this class she has taken
several more and gotten even better! |
Below
are some photos of students work from my
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.
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This self portrait was done by Laurie
from Tennessee. Great Job Laurie!
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This beautiful portrait of her
grandfather was rendered by Mary from
Texas.
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Both of these Portraits
were completed by Fran from New
York.
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She did a fantastic job in the
class.
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This is the first portrait that Ellie has
ever tried. She drew it from a very old
photo of her mother in my November BYOP
class. What an amazing job.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This one is from Lauren Nadler. She has
taken several of my workshop and her
improvement has been amazing. Great job in
the trompe l'Oeil class, Lauren!
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This still life drawing of
a metal cup was done by one of my youngest
students to take a workshop. This was done
by Ethan, age 10, who came all the way
from Australia with his father to take my
workshop in Fort Worth Texas. Great Job,
Ethan.
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This is one of the latest
drawing by Steve, from Houston. He used
one of my new favorite pencils for the
dark background on this one. It is the
Promo Elite Grande 5000. Steve has really
come a long way form his first workshop.
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This drawing was done in my August, 2014
still life class by Cassie from Colorado.
She is only 14 years old! This was
her second workshop and her progress has
been amazing. Good job Cassie!
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In April, 2014, Nita, from Texas attended
and this was her first workshop with me. She
did a fantastic job recreating my "Onions
and Garlic" drawing.
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This one was done by Brad from Alabama. He's
taken several of my classes and did a great
job in this one as well.
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Here is Roxy's version of my Onions and
Garlic Drawing she did in my August, 2015
Still Life Workshop. She did a Fantastic
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