All posts by Shelli Alford
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Shelli Alford | November 3, 2017
Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers
I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me...
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Shelli Alford | April 3, 2017
Actually Painting At The MET!!!
The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence. I love this class! It’s...
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Shelli Alford | March 24, 2017
Sketching With The Masters At The Met
I forgot to mention the best day of our non-painting days. It was to visit the MET’s Drawing and...
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Shelli Alford | February 13, 2017
Still No Painting At The MET
Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each...
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Shelli Alford | December 2, 2016
Master Copy Class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I’m taking a class from the New York Academy of Art called Master Copying Class at the Metropolitan...
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Shelli Alford | November 10, 2016
Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective
It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for...
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Shelli Alford | July 9, 2016
Art Student League with Ricky, Alex, Max and Grace. A day of firsts.
Grace (my daughter) and I caught the 7:15AM train to NYC last Saturday. We met my friends...
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Shelli Alford | March 6, 2016
Confessions
So, what can I say? I have been more overwhelmed in the last 6+ months than at...
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Shelli Alford | August 15, 2015
WORKSHOPS
SHELLI ALFORD’S WEEK OF GREAT MASTERS OCTOBER 19 – 23, 2015 Take your art to the next level....
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Shelli Alford | July 16, 2015
Max Ginsburg Workshop In His Beautiful Studio
The first day of any workshop I follow a very consistent pattern: I mess up. I messed up...