Dorian Vallejo

 
My good friend Dorian Vallejo has created a beautiful book of his life drawings. You can find it here: http://drawingsfromlife.com/Pages/Book/Book_Page.html. I had the privilege of seeing these drawings, and several
he didn't include, in person several months ago. I can't wait to get my collector's edition copy!

Last Thursday, I had a chance to visit my buddy Dorian Vallejo. As luck would have it, he happened to have a model scheduled and I got to draw with him. It was way too short of a visit, but it was still great to catch up with him and Liana. I played around with some colored pencils of his and this is the drawing I did.

I had a very pleasant surprise in my email inbox on Sunday:

" It's been about 3 or so years so you might not remember me.  My name is John Forkner.  One of your models, Delilah Buitron, brought me in to model for your Three Martini studio the summer of 2006.  It was the first time I'd ever modeled for anybody and I had no idea how to do it or what to do.
You guys were so great in making me feel at ease and letting me get my feet wet, learning that a 5 minute pose is WAY different than a 20 minute pose! I moved to New York City that September and all my supposed job opportunities fell through unexpectedly--that's how the City works...you think you'll hit the ground running, then everything gets yanked out from under you.  It's a Venus fly trap.