Cura Studios

Time to draw the figure and focus on shadows. Model reference included.

Ok, quick, name what these movies have in common: Groundhog Day, Cast Away, Russian Doll. I'll give you a hint: It smells an awful lot...

At this time of the year you can usually find me at the nearest public pool. The bigger the better. I mainly come for the laps, but...

But if you want your drawings to get to display shelf status, we gotta do our equivalent of throw out batches and butter research. No, it's

In this mini lesson I’ll show you how you can use the “bean” to capture the action of the torso. You’ll learn the four movements we can...

In this video you’ll learn the purpose of gestures. I’ll point out what artists tend to do wrong in the beginning, and what you should...

Life is far from normal right now, and I'm sure I'm not the only one whose heart is heavy and filled with worry.  If you've read any of...

Gestures... Bane of your existence or most favorite thing in the world? For me, it's not like I hated them, I just didn't understand a)...

But you know what's even worse? Letting yourself get duped into not doing the things you know you love (i.e. drawing, painting, learning new

Gestures... Bane of your existence or most favorite thing in the world? For me, it's not like I hated them, I just didn't understand a) wha

When it come to cutlery I'm quite the snob. Give me a fork with tines too short or broad, and I'll lecture on how longer, more slender...

When paint tubes turn into looming threats and then get transformed into heroic saviors, all within minutes, and all by merely changing a...

Do you have any "When I saw this painting I started to cry" stories?

In this video you’ll learn a step-by-step process for how to draw any scene requiring simple perspective know-how (2 point perspective in...

In this video you’ll learn how to go through the entire process of drawing something from imagination. You’ll see me go through the...

And boy, do I know this face well. I've made it plenty of times myself, and I get to see it every semester from my students, too. In both ca

Remember that feeling of being completely in tune with yourself? Yeah, I'm a bit hazy on it myself these days. But even if everything...

In this video you’ll learn how to practice drawing from imagination, in particular, how to master drawing rounded/cylindrical forms,...

I share psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson's insights on how to hardwire resilience into your nervous system by drawing more.

An exercise for sketchbook lovers to calm down frazzled nerves.