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How to Draw Folds and Study Drapery

Ron Lemen

Happy holidays.Despite the craziness in the world today, I hope you’re still finding some quiet refuge in your creative space. I have a small gift for you this Christmas. I’m sharing the beginning of a new video series on how to draw folds and drapery like a boss. With CGMA no longer active, I now have full creative control over this material and wanted to make it available directly to you. This course was consistently…

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Presenting Sculpture for Publication Competitions

Kristine Poole

December 18, 2025 - Colin and I have had the wonderful opportunity to be on the jury for numerous art contests over the years, including Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Infected By Art and The Walter S. Baird Prize, along with other local and regional competitions. To be sure, we've looked at a lot of entries in all kinds of subject matters and mediums. To start with, here are some things to keep in mind: every jury is different and everyone has their own predilections and preferences. We all know of a piece that got rejected from one contest only to be an award winner in another. We've all entered an artwork that we thought was one of the best we'd ever done only to have it rejected - we are intimately…

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