Figure Study – Graphite Pencil on Paper
Excited about the success I had at last week’s open studio session at The Plastic Club in Philadelphia, where, for the first time, I...
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Joe Caliva
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Applying the Bargue Method
Tonight was the first time I took my set of 12 Staedtler Mars Lumograph graphite pencils to an open studio session at The Plastic Club...
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Joe Caliva
Mar 4, 20192 min read
David's Eye
Last week, at my Intro to Pencil Drawing class at Studio Incamminati, we finished our first drawing from a plaster cast. Until this...
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Joe Caliva
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Heads – Bargue Plate Numbers 38, 43, and 52
For the past couple weeks, both in class and for homework, Katya Held, my teacher at Studio Incamminati, assigned me several head plates...
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Joe Caliva
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Vine Charcoal
At the very first open studio, or “drink-n-draw”, that I attended in Nashville, TN, I truly had no clue what to bring or what to do. The...
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Joe Caliva
Feb 11, 20192 min read
Arms – Bargue Plates 23 & 24
My drawing of Bargue Plate No. 23 At last week’s drawing class and over this past week for homework, the concentration was arms, using...
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Joe Caliva
Feb 4, 20192 min read
Bargue Plate No. 16
My drawing of Bargue Plate No. 16 For homework this week at the Intro To Drawing class at Studio Incamminati, we were each given a plate...
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Joe Caliva
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Class No. 2, Bargue Plate No. 32
My drawing of Bargue Plate No. 32 I know this is only a 10-week course, but jumping from Bargue Plates numbers 5 and 7 last week to...
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Joe Caliva
Jan 26, 20191 min read
Female Study from Photo
I have been working on this drawing for several weeks from a reference photo on the Croquis Café web site. The model’s name is Cwen and I...
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Joe Caliva
Jan 14, 20193 min read
I'm Taking A Class!
My rendering of Bargue’s Plate No. 7 After going to the open studio at Studio Incamminati several times, and speaking to a few of the...
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Joe Caliva
Jan 4, 20191 min read
First Sketch of the Year
We’re already four days into 2019. At my first open studio session of the year, I tried graphite pencil instead of the charcoal pencils I...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 30, 20181 min read
Abstract Shapes
I’ve been watching several artists do quick gesture or croquis drawings using only abstract shapes – circles, squares, cones, etc. Then,...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 21, 20181 min read
Stumping
I’ve been using blending stumps since I first started dabbling in drawing. These stumps, also called tortillions, are cylindrical shaped...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 19, 20182 min read
Croquis Café
I mentioned the Croquis Café site in a previous post – I had found a video posted by them on Vimeo that gave instruction on how to draw...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 11, 20181 min read
Reclining Figures
I recently stumbled across a video on Vimeo posted by The Croquis Cafe which gave tips on how to draw reclining figures. It addressed the...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 8, 20182 min read
Sketching Rodin
Today I revisited the Rodin Museum here in Philadelphia to sketch from his sculptures once again. As I mentioned in my post on October...
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Joe Caliva
Dec 2, 20181 min read
Remembering Composition
With all the things to keep in mind while drawing – materials, medium, gesture, proportion, perspective, angle, lighting – it’s easy to...
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Joe Caliva
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Reclining Figure – Charcoal on Paper
I don’t have very much experience with reclining models. And the little experience I do have with them, hasn’t produced very good...
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Joe Caliva
Nov 13, 20182 min read
Working Quickly
Tonight I discovered the Rittenhouse Drawing Club. A private studio in the Rittenhouse section of the city that offers an open studio...
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Joe Caliva
Nov 11, 20182 min read
Male Figure Study – Charcoal on Paper
I think I found my school here in Philadelphia. The style of drawing and painting to which I keep returning as a source of inspiration...
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