In the studio with artist, photographer and instructor Robert Louis Caldwell

Happy Holidays! I would like to wish everyone the very best this holiday season! "Chickadee in a Bradford Pear Tree (Black-capped Chickadee) " Graphite pencil on 300# Arches watercolor paper, 5 x 9 Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.  ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year! * * * Watch the drawing come to life in the time-lapse video!   

2012 Holiday drawing coming out tomorrow, 12/19/2012! I had to take a break from my Africa sketchbook/journal excerpts to get caught up in the studio with a few holiday commissions and of course my 2012 Holiday Drawing which I just finished. Once again it is a small song bird perched on something that reminds me of the holidays. I broke away from the Snowman theme this year and went with something different. I plan on sending out my 2012 Studio Holiday Greetings email tomorrow morning, I hope you enjoy it. Until then I thought it would be nice to look back at the previous years holiday drawings.  2011 Holiday Drawing "Buttons (Carolina Wren) " Graphite pencil on watercolor paper 5 x 8  2010 Holiday Drawing   "Snow woman (Cardinal) " Graphite pencil on watercolor paper 6 x 8  2009 Holiday Drawing   "Bulbs (House Finch) " Graphite pencil on watercol...

Robert's Holiday drawing workshop! Saturday 12/3/2011, 9:00am-4:00pm, 1 hour lunch, bring your own. Sunday 12/4/2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm, 1 hour lunch, bring your own. Workshop location ArtHaus Visual Arts Studio 1811 Huguenot Road, #304 Midlothian, VA 23113 $225.00 this includes your drawing paper and the frame! Every year Robert draws a special drawing that encompasses the holiday season which he then uses for his holiday greetings card. Robert is giving you a special opportunity to join him on a two day workshop where you will draw along with him creating the same drawing that he is. The drawing is a surprise and you will not know what it is until the day of the workshop. It will of course have a bird in it, in past years he has used a snow man, snow woman and holiday lights. Wonder what it will be this year? All you need to bring to this class is your drawing pencils (see material list below), and your patience! Robert will be su...