Drawing the Living Figure Stephen Morton “Full of sardonic asides and

“Full of sardonic asides and general whimsy

By Jim Woodring

and it needs solid cartooning chops to back it up

but Laura Gao tells her story of self-discovery with honest and vulnerable beauty

Drawing the Living Figure Stephen Morton “Full of sardonic asides andBy Joseph Sheppard. Published by Dover. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W, 2012. "Joseph Sheppard has been favorably compared to practically every Renaissance masterhe is without peer among modern realists for his ability to impart a warm verisimilitude to the figure." Artspeak magazine. In this highly praised guidebook, Joseph Sheppard, a versatile and influential artist and teacher who is widely recognized as a master of figure drawing, introduces an