Zhaoming Wu: Drawing the Head in CharcoalZhaoming Wu is a consummate draftsman who can draw in any medium. If you have purchased his book on drawing, you know that he uses the charcoal medium in many different ways to create works that have distinctive looks. This video shows you how he approaches drawing the head of a beautiful girl whose hair might be a challenge for many. His process of building from a layer of vine charcoal (in many forms) before layers with the more permanent charcoal

Now you can see how a master artist creates a painting that is worthy of such national recognition and praise

Director for Graduate School of Fine Art

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In my paintings one can find people in their national costumes

The pose was chosen because of the ambiguous expression on the young model's face

Shell Seekers

often depicting pastoral settings of subjects ranging from stoic farm scenes in the Southwest United States to regal villas in the Italian countryside

the second installment in the four part landscape instruction series

We filmed his demonstration of painting the costumed figure in a workshop we sponsored for Zhang

Leading the Eye with Shapes

from galleries in Paris to expositions in New York and Los Angeles

While the pose and expression on the face indicate quiet meditation