Saturday, April 9, 2016

Portrait, 4/8/2016


Added viridian to my palette- very nice to shade skin tones. I keep getting
thrown by color temperature - painting under very warm incandescent and
then discovering in daylight I've been painting magenta skin! 12" x 16", 3 hrs.

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Portrait, 4/1/2016


About halfway through the paint was turning into soup, so I stepped outside and
hit it with a blow dryer for a couple of minutes. 12"x 11" crop, 3 hours.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Portrait, 3/27/2016


Have to ease up on the on the dioxazine purple! Next, I'm going to try experimenting
with thin underpainting in contrasting color. 12" x 16", 3 hours.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Portrait, 3/20/2016


I figured out that a quick charcoal sketch sprayed with fixative is the best
way for me to start these 3 hour portraits. 11" x 13"

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Portrait, 2/26/2016


Three hour studio sitting + a little touch up of the more egregious errors when I got home. 12" x 16"

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Timed portrait


I recently started attending a weekly meetup that hosts models in an art studio at a local community college. Sittings last three hours, which flies by! 12" x 16"