Sadie Valeri Atelier | Oil Painting, Art Classes, Instructional Videos

Vine charcoal on Canson paper, approx 18 x 24 inches

This is my 4th session developing my cast drawing. See the third session. I'm finally starting in on the shading. I heard recently that some teachers of the classical method require their students to spend an entire year practicing the block-in, no shading at all!

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