by TJ Cunningham “Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” Claude Monet Eleven years ago, I was beginning my young career as a professional artist. Having just graduated from college, I had spent the last four years surrounded by my classmates and teachers. Suddenly, I felt like I had been launched into outer space. Until that point, I had focused solely on drawing correctly, but I slowly realized that all of my paintings had a greyish-brown tint to them. Despite hav

By Rowena Finn, CBF Literature Committee writer Every week, a mix of professional and emerging artists convened in a building in Norfolk, Virginia, keen on fine tuning their figure drawing skills. Longtime friends caught up with one another, new people were shown how to sign in and pay, and all searched for the perfect spot around the model. Devon Lawrence, who runs the Norfolk Drawing Group, would adjust the lighting and confer quietly with the model on a plan for the evenin