Figure Drawing

Observe this superb draftsman in action as she narrates her drawings of the model(s). 

Watch as she demonstrates the concepts of drawing and how they differ from the painter's viewpoint. The video contains many poses and quick sketches, as well as more refined drawings, all while you watch the artist in action.

If you've never had the opportunity to attend one of Sherrie McGraw's workshops, this Drawing video, and the Painting video below, will give you a sense of the experience. Observe this superb draftsman and painter in action. She explains the differences between drawing and painting through dozens of gesture drawings, a long drawing, and finally, in the second video set below (Painting the Figure), how to paint from the live model.

Learn how to pose the model and how differently the lighting affects the drawing vs. the painting. Both these videos are a must-have for every serious student of figure painting.

Figure Painting

Painting from the live model requires all the concentration and expertise one can bring to the easel.

Join Sherrie McGraw as she leads you through the process of interpreting the pose of the model into a sensitive and compelling image in paint on the canvas.

Still Life with Onions

Join Sherrie McGraw in her grand, spacious studio in Taos, New Mexico, for an informative and moving experience as she brings this composition to life on canvas.

Sherrie is an articulate and sharing instructor, as well as an accomplished painter, and this is a rare opportunity to see her complete an original composition in her own private working space outside the workshop venue.

She offers the student of still life painting a wealth of ideas, concepts and direction for informing their own work, and shows how to paint, in her own words, "a little bit of something, and a lot of nothing" and create a stunning work of art.