Today we bring you a Realism Live faculty feature on contemporary realism master artist Dan Thompson.
![Graphite realism drawing based on a double-mirror self portrait, by Dan Thompson](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2-how-to-draw-realism-portraits-Dan-Thompson-1006.jpg)
Our ultimate goal with Realism Live is to offer every artist, whether they’ve received formal art training or not, an amazing experience to grow their art through a well-rounded, atelier-style art training event that is led by some of today’s most successful artists, and carried out over just three or four days.
Further, we wanted to offer something students will rarely experience in an art school or program … the chance to watch replays of the entire event so they can review the instruction and demonstrations and put their new knowledge and skills into practice immediately. Learn more about Realism Live, the virtual art conference, here.
In 2006 Dan Thompson co-founded the Grand Central Academy of Art in New York. In 2008, he co-founded the Janus Collaborative School of Art in New York. He has also instructed privately at Studio 126 in New York and is on the faculty of the New York Academy of Art, The Art Students League of New York, and Studio Incamminati, in Philadelphia, PA.
Now you have the opportunity to learn from Thompson during the 2nd Annual Realism Live, November 11-13, 2021, with a Beginner’s Day on November 10.
Contemporary Realism Drawings by Dan Thompson
![Drawing of a hand, by Dan Thompson](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3-how-to-draw-realism-figurative-art-Dan-Thompson-1006.jpg)
![Realism portrait drawing by Dan Thompson](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/how-to-draw-realism-portraits-Dan-Thompson-1006a.jpg)
![Realism figurative art drawing](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-how-to-draw-realism-figurative-art-Dan-Thompson-1006a.jpg)
![Graphite pencil drawing of a torso, by Dan Thompson](https://fineartconnoisseur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4-how-to-draw-realism-figurative-art-Dan-Thompson-1006.jpg)
Thompson’s work can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States, and in Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
Follow him on Instagram @danthompsonart, and sign up at RealismLive.com today to study with him during the largest online training event for realism artists.
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