"Magdalena"
My last post was a portrait in charcoal of my, then friend/now soulmate, Magdalena Adamska. The charcoal portrait was from a photo...
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Joe Caliva
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Portrait of Magdalena Adamska
In my last post, I wrote about a friend who inspired me to pick up my pencil and start to draw again. This is a portrait of that friend....
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Joe Caliva
Jan 9, 20222 min read
“Kendell” (Expression Study)
It’s been quite a long time since I picked up a pencil. Over the past year, I’ve moved out of the city of Philadelphia to a suburb across...
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Joe Caliva
Aug 22, 20212 min read
“Ken" – First Attempt at Figure Sculpture
For at least the past 30 years, I have been fascinated with sculpture. When I was in college, I made a half-hearted attempt at sculpting...
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Joe Caliva
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Red Chalk/Conte Crayon Figure Study
This week, I returned to the Plastic Club once again. With a renewed sense of purpose after a long absence from the club, I am determined...
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Joe Caliva
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Post-COVID
I have been one of those artists who went into the COVID lockdown thinking, “This will be great – I’ll have tons of time to draw, paint,...
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Joe Caliva
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Natasha
After a brief exploration into painting, I realized that I still have a lot of work to do with understanding composition, form, gesture,...
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Joe Caliva
Jul 4, 20202 min read
Still Life with Teddy Bear, Tambourine, and Silver Cup (a COVID project)
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, I was told the company where I had been working was closing indefinitely due to what would be come to be know...
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Joe Caliva
Nov 18, 20191 min read
"La Teiera di Porcellana" (Porcelain Teapot)
Only my second completed still life in the couple of years I’ve been exploring the art of drawing, my final project for my third time...
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Joe Caliva
Nov 4, 20192 min read
Le Zucche (The Pumpkins)
In September, I started my third round of the Introduction to Pencil Drawing class at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia. I was...
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Joe Caliva
Oct 4, 20191 min read
Emily
This is a drawing I started on September 20, 2019 at an Open Studio session at The Plastic Club in Philadelphia. I asked the model,...
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Joe Caliva
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Joseph: Figure Study
This is a drawing I started back on May 31, 2019, but didn’t finish until now. It was a 40 minute pose at the Friday night Open Studio at...
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Joe Caliva
Aug 9, 20191 min read
Figure Study: Vex Voir
I had the pleasure recently of drawing this fantastic model, who professionally goes by the name Vex Voir. With great muscle tone and...
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Joe Caliva
Jul 26, 20192 min read
Figure Study: Sophia
I mentioned in my previous post that my teacher, Katya Held, advised me and the other students in the drawing class to practice over the...
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Joe Caliva
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Mouth of David
For the final project of the Intro to Pencil Drawing class, we once again took the last few weeks to complete a drawing from a cast...
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Joe Caliva
Jun 17, 20191 min read
Two Hands, One Leg: Bargue Plates 11 & 28
Bringing this round of my Intro to Pencil Drawing class at Studio Incamminati to a close, Katya Held had me focus on hands and limbs for...
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Joe Caliva
May 6, 20192 min read
Profiles: Bargue Plates 35 & 39
Over the past couple weeks, I was assigned two different Bargue plates focusing on the profile of a head. Plate 35 was given to me in...
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Joe Caliva
Apr 22, 20192 min read
Back to the Barre (or Bargue?)
A Ballet dancer once told me that whenever she feels off her game, or feels like she hasn’t been dancing up to her expectations, she goes...
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Joe Caliva
Apr 1, 20192 min read
Limbs: Bargue Plates 21 & 25
The last two homework assignments I received for the Intro to Pencil Drawing class, which concluded last Monday, were two different...
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Joe Caliva
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Bust of Cicero
Tonight was the final class for my first course in pencil drawing. We spent the last 4 weeks creating a drawing from bust statue casts,...
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