GCA cover girls!

Camie Davis and Ashley Howell are on the cover of American Artist Workshop Magazine this month! The article inside is about Camie's saturday portrait class and includes some tips on drawing better portraits.

student work

Here are some block ins from the very beginning stages of the November drawings:


by Brandon Beckstrom


by Robert Silverman


by Neal Esplin


by Ken Salaz

Below are a few more finished drawings from the October pose:

by Connie Netherton


by Remi Cardenas (this study goes with the drawing below)


by Remi Cardenas


by Ashley Howell

end of the year student work, part 1

Yesterday was the last day of class for students in the core program before summer break and the workshop schedule which starts right away on Monday. Each student has submitted their 3 best pieces of the year for a student exhibition which is open to the public June 8-12. I'll be posting images of all the submitted work here on the blog, which will take several installments, so stay tuned!


by Remi Cardenas


by Ashley Howell


by Carla Crawford


by Neal Esplin

by Remi Cardenas


by Spencer Brainard


by Colleen Barry


by Carla Crawford


by Emilie Lee


by Remi Cardenas


by Neal Esplin


by Colleen Barry


by Spencer Brainard


by Justin Wood


by Justin Wood


by Justin Wood


by Danny Grant


by Danny Grant


by Colleen Barry


by Salaz


by Salaz


by Colleen Barry


by Robert Silverman


by Danny Grant


by Gregory Mortenson


by Philip John Salamone


by Gregory Mortenson


Twyla & Jesus getting the party started


Camie Davis laying into the pinata at our super awesome dance party last night


Greg Mortenson, looking very professional


Dance party!

work in progress

I'll to try to post more photos of work in progress, so here is the first batch from the cast hall today.

Colleen Barry's cast painting just after she finished the underpainting or "wipe out" stage. She has just started modeling on the upper lip if you look closely. The small drawing to the left is a photocopy of her original block-in drawing. It is shrunk down so she can use it to make a small value study (not shown) which she will refer to while finishing the final painting.


Ashley Howell's cast drawing in progress


Neal Esplin just starting a block-in for his final cast drawing


A cast painting in progress by Salaz


Jiwoong Cheh (center) teaching Ecorche to Josh LaRock & Angela Cunningham


Jiwoong Cheh working with Angela Cunningham


Carla Crawford & Colleen Barry taking a snuggle break with Lucy


Colleen Barry & Will St. John experiencing canine perfection.

P.S. theres more of these photos on the GCA facebook page if you want to follow us on there too