Your Creative Push

Jon deMartin is among the leading figurative artists working today and has taught life drawing and painting for more than twenty years at the most prestigious academies and ateliers in the country.  His work has been reproduced in many publications, and he has exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, the John Pence gallery, and the Beijing World Art museum, just to name a few. In his book Drawing Atelier – The Figure: How to Draw in a Classical Style, Jon does just that by sharing techniques and approaches for drawing the human form. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/jondemartin In this episode, Jon discusses: -His artistic history, which included a mixture of graphic design, fine art, and baseball. -How he began to create a path for himself to be a fine artist while he was a graphic artist. -Why fine art was so attractive to him and why he always kept that passion throughout his life. -Some of the initial Resistances that he faced when starting his figurative drawing. -How teaching was the thing