![]() So it’s only natural that she celebrated her Sweet Sixteen birthday on Friday with family, over 200 friends, and a few furry beasts: an African Lion, a Mountain Lion, an African Monkey, and a Wolf. She is super sweet, easy going, affectionate with her parents, loving with her friends, and has a way with animals. In other news, today is my 1st Anniversary! The Studio + Gallery, Christa Meola Pictures, is 1 Year Old! The Grand Opening party last year was a blast, and today I’ll have to celebrate with a cupcake, candle, some friends, some photos, and a lot of nude drawing!Īshli Marino is one cool girl. I’ll be going to Michelle’s class over the next few days after my morning shoots, and will post pics of Michelle and her incredible work soon. I had such fun with the process – very liberating. The above picture was done in maybe 6 or 7 minutes. Michelle wandered over to give me a quick demo on drawing 101, and I began some 5 minute sketches. Michelle took me yesterday to buy supplies, and after taking loads of photos for her, I sat down at an easel bench and a blank piece of paper. Michelle called me up last week to let me know she’s back in town teaching a drawing & painting workshop and asked if I would photograph her for American Artist magazine.īest of all, she offered me the opportunity to sit in on the class and draw! Now, I haven’t picked up a piece of charcoal since 1992, but I was so excited! Like a kid at Christmas kind of excited. I had the extreme pleasure yesterday of stealing a break from my busy fall schedule to meet up with my dear friend and incredibly talented fine artist, Michelle Dunaway. #Guy goes crazy and shoots my super sweet sixteen movie how toThe first lesson my Dad taught me was how to look at an object and see the light and shadow. She was the gal behind the lens of my profile pic on the About page of this blog □ Michelle is not only a fabulous artist, but she’s also a phenomenal photographer. I loved switching back and forth from photography to art – what a great way to be challenged, grow and stay inspired! I’m forever grateful to Michelle for the invitation and most of all… for her friendship. I think these pics truly capture Michelle’s sensitivity, beauty and spirit. ![]() Here are some of Jeremy’s figure demo’s and his latest painting…Ī couple of interesting characters in the studio…Ī couple of juicy close-ups to finish up. Jeremy, Michelle and I first met at an art gallery in 2001 when I did some posing for them. The Workshop was held at the freakishly talented Jeremy Lipking ‘s studio in Agoura Hills. And another of Michelle’s beautiful 5 Minute demo drawings… The picture on the left is my drawing of the gorgeous model (shown above). She always has a kind word of encouragement. ![]() It’s great to have a teacher with a sense of humor and patience. There are subtle nuances in even her simplest strokes… Here are a couple of Michelle’s 5 Minute drawings, published in an art book, “Strokes of Genius II, The Best of Drawings.” Her work is incredibly inspiring to me – it’s confident, sensual, deliberate, and elegant. Michelle is a master of the 5 Minute sketch… I wanted it to look like one of her paintings… with soft blue tones and a gaze that draws you in… (taken with my favorite 85mm 1.2 and letting light enter the lens directly.) This is one of Michelle’s beautiful portrait paintings… I saw it in the studio, and I used it to inspire my portrait of her (above). Even though I had family shoots each morning, the past 5 days have been a whirlwind of inspiring art, geeking out on technique fundamentals and discussing light, shadow, color and line! Thank you Michelle – I had so much fun. Michelle’s my soul sister □ So I jumped at the chance when Michelle asked me to join her drawing and painting workshop and take pics for American Artist magazine. She and I connect at such a core level – we can share a great laugh, a good cry, an interesting conversation, and always an inspiring creative collaboration. Michelle is a dear friend of mine, a talented fine artist, and an amazing woman. You would be hard pressed to find a more soulful and endearing person than Michelle Dunaway.
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