I attended David Bilmes portrait drawing workshop at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) recently and was so inspired by his work! It's great to see artists at work doing what they do best! I especially pay attention to how an artist starts a painting or drawing. On this day David created a drawing in charcoal using Nitram charcoal B and HB, white chalk and a kneaded eraser. Here's a few shots from the day taken on my iPhone.