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Michelle Dunaway 

     Michelle Dunaway is one of the artists that caught my attention in the book named " Sketchbook Confidential 2". Her portraits have landed her in many collections and publications, including North Light's STROKES OF GENIUS best-of-drawing series. To Michelle, drawing is the foundation of painting, and she makes it to a point to draw and sketch from life as much as possible. Like she said, drawing is so essential as it trains the eye to the nuances of light, rhythms, form and color temperature. Michelle's drawings are very interesting as she has great control of the tones of lights in her drawings. 

"Sketches, paintings and drawings are visual records of what you are paying attention to in life."






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