Johnnie Liliedahl: Drawing-1 for PaintersDrawing is that essential ingredient that makes a piece of work worthy of the title "art". Drawing is not only the ability to render something in charcoal, pencil, ink, or paint; it is the ability to see what you are attempting to capture. Then, once you can actually see what is before you, drawing also encompasses the ability to compose what you see. Being able to render the appearance of an object is an important skill, but it is a mistake to think

Tramping through endless woods with his easel on his back

Daniel is young

oriental rugs have become one of the hallmarks of Mr

While our Western art culture disintegrated into abstraction and paint thrown on canvases with no content

this is one of the critical details that so many instructional books and workshops fail to address these days

are traveling the world to record these peoples while they are still attached to the lands and cultures they embody

now is your opportunity to learn the skills to begin painting with a whole new level of understanding

happenstance on a hillside

Learn how to use color

Despite great suppression of artistic experimentation

how to paint from the live model

The entire transcript of the commentary and discussion given by Robert during the process of painting the two (2) demonstration paintings shown at left