Last summer I took a life painting in oils class with Jonathan Peck at the Triton Museum. John is a master, very skilled at what he does. And I'm in class with him for three days. I took it because I felt he would help me in drawing the body in proportion.

His classes are difficult to get into and are wait listed. He teaches at the Triton and NUMU, at Stanford and recently Pacific Art League.

I got into his portraiture class at Stanford. My first class was Thursday night January 16th. There was a light misty rain. I parked in front of the Cantor because it was familiar to me and then crossed through Stanfords, Rodin Sculpture Garden on the way to class.

This was a challenging angle for me because of the slight turn, not full front and not a true 3/4 view. I'm over the top pleased. This was from a live model. Photographs are so much easier because you can grid them and your paper to make sure your proportions are right.

Our model was Peter, done in charcoal.

Keeping the pencils sharp!