Sunday, December 26, 2010
"The Bellydancer"
Recent commission. So much fun to work on because of its interesting pose, love doing costumes and my favorite medium, charcoal and white chalk. Approx 16"wx19"h, on pale green canson mi-tientes.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Jesse - PAOA Portrait Studio
Super pleased with my results from yesterday's Portrait Studio painting model Jesse St. James. My confidence level is very high and I finished this in about 2.5 hrs! Yay and it is a good likeness. I think I am finally moving towards a "Pamela-style" and I like it. This is a 12x14 painting on triple primed linen with an acrylic burnt sienna ground. Artisan Oils with Gamblin's Neomegilp medium.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Portrait Study in Local Cultural Dress
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Finishing up unfinished works...
Monday, July 26, 2010
"Grecian Dreamer" - Oil
This was started in a live model portrait studio last fall and I've finally finished it to my satisfaction. Oil on linen 16" x 20". This was my favorite costume for my portrait group, as I made the Grecian gown and garland for her hair myself! The only think I regret in that from this pose you can't see the model's glorious hair that billowed out on the other side. Sometimes you can't get setup in the place you wish in these shared sessions. Maybe this will motivate me to get my studio setup with a platform and start working from life at home :) Eventually ! Ha!
Monday, July 5, 2010
"The Granddaughters"
More work done to refine the faces and hands.
12"x16" oil on gessoed panel, very slick and shiny surface. I used Artisan water miseble oils with Gamblin's Neo Megilp medium. Boy, the paint sure moved around a lot and I think I probably should Not have used bristle brushes. However, it make for an interesting loose look. My first attempt at 3 figures on any size, but this small sure was a challenge making the faces very tiny. But, I sure enjoyed the experience! I may try another of the same girls but on a larger linen canvas with a little tighter look on the faces.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Landscape...I know...it's not a portrait...
but this is where my artistic efforts have been lately...preparing class material for Acrylic Painting Workshops I am doing for Michael's Arts & Crafts Store as a new Grumbacher Art Instructor!! For more information visit my Workshops Page of my website or click HERE
I will be teaching how to paint this Step-by-step in the 2-hour Landscape Workshop.
This Daisy painting will be taught in the Floral Workshop.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Cute Kittens in Graphite
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Quick Sketches
A couple of 15-20 minutes charcoal quick-sketches on newsprint done from life at the Valentine Art Show at the Farm at South Mountain, Phoenix on Feb. 14th. It was a beautiful day. Not a lot of traffic, but still good experience working from life in an unstructured environment. These people were artist members of Tempe Artist Guild, not professional models. So was extra good experience :)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Monochrome Study - Costumed Model
In a local open studio offered by PAOA, I practiced a monochrome study using the "sight-size" technique. Approx 3 hours of work and I feel it still needs quite a bit of tweaking. I did add a little color to the skin areas and some white on the highlights.I used burnt umber on a 14"x18" linen canvas. When I prepared my canvas with a wash of burnt umber the previous day, I used Artisan oils with the Artisan thinner. This was a mistake. When I attempted to remove paint to achieve the highlights, it did not come off easily or at all. I should have used water for the wash. It is a learning experience working with water-misible oils. (Below) a photo of the in-progress painting with model set to size.
Labels:
figurative,
monochrome,
oil portraits,
sight-size
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