Diebenkorn Study

Like Matisse and Cezanne, Richard Diebenkorn through the rigor and commitment of his observation and experiment ranks with history's great scientists.

Sunday Sketchbook: Alexandria

In my travel journal class we make an accordion sketchbook and explore a neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, looking at the familiar with fresh eyes.

Bonnard Study

Bonnard made the bathroom a laboratory for the study of the energy of light and color.

Matisse Study

I've been teaching my workshop "Masters of Color", and here's an exercise that focused on Matisse's cutouts. We worked from photographs of my friend and wonderful model Nessa, who I had posed in the compositional style of each painter we studied.