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Best place to find new work: www.ukerbi.com Last week I sat in on a figure drawing session with Joe Steiner and a model he's been painting for over 10 years. Joe, now in his 70s, has identified as an artist his entire life. His daughter, Lisa (also a painter) and my mother we're great friends growing up. The Steiner family paintings were some of my first introductions into the art world. When my sisters and I were younger, we threatened to run away and sleep under an apple tree. Not long after our threat, Joe, Lisa and my mom were in our bedroom sketching out a huge apple tree that stretched from the floor and bent up onto the ceiling. I helped paint the apples and when we were done we put our beds underneath. 20 years later I find myself in Joe's basement in Skokie, Illinois, again, drawing together. Many of his models are from the south side around his old studio on Howard Street. Instead of paying to lug his setup to a figure drawing studio, he invited people from t
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If you're curious about my new work, check out my website  HERE Lillstreet, Wednesday Evening Dropped in at Lillstreet last night! Really happy with my new chalk pastels. Sometimes all it takes is a couple new pieces of chalk to get me motivated.. If your living in Chicago and are looking for a good figure drawing class I would suggest dropping in at Lillstreet Art Center. They have classes on Wednesday nights from 6:30pm-9:30pm, and Sunday Mornings at 10:30am. Click HERE for more info on Lillstreet :)
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 If you're curious about my new work, check out my website  HERE Lillstreet, Sunday Afternoon Happy to be back in the studio drawing! Here's a sketch from last Sunday at Lillstreet -
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***Gosh it's been a while since I posted on this blog! If your curious about my new work, come check out my website HERE Lillstreet Art Center, Last Wednesday Night I was able to drop in this week for Lillstreet's Figure Drawing Class - If you're ever in Chicago, come and sit in! The models are great and the space is beautiful. Tonight's model broke his foot and injured his arm while modeling at SAIC on Friday :( I can't believe that he even came out! I'm sorry to say that I really enjoyed getting to sketch those deep purples and yellows from where he is healing...  Here's the link to Lillstreets figure drawing page: https://lillstreet.com/class/9193 Lillstreet Art Center  4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640