Family Portrait

Welllll, I think it looks like the Misses and me, but IIiiii don't know who that baby is. I reckon she just a stray.

Philly Bound completed

This was an interesting process.

The model posed for this painting a month ago. Then she came back and and posed another 3 hours for the workshop. This time I added the color.

In my class earlier that week we just learned about glazes. So I thought I would try it for this painting because I liked the underpainting so much. It wasn't as easy as I thought. I glazed over this maybe 4 times. Each time I rubbed off the paint. Either because I didn't know what I was doing or it looked bad. Maybe the combination of all my mistakes helped with the over all look, but the painting was mostly done in the last 40 minutes of class.

I liked this process (except all the rubbing) it was kinda like watercolor painting, and seemed easier than painting Alla Prima.

Philly Bound

This time I used burnt sienna for my underpainting. Great range of colors using thinner to pick-out. At the next workshop she'll be sitting in the same pose for another 2 hours. Giving us a chance to add color.

Anyhoo this model kept talking about music and how she's moving to Philly.
Maybe she forgot models are supposed to sit still

Coffee shop owner

I'm taking a painting class at Studio 2nd Street
One of the lessons is a burnt umber pick-out, to learn the values, and then to paint over it with color. I've been having trouble with the whole process so I went to the studios open workshop to practice.

I had alot of fun with this one, instead of my usual frustration with paint.

The model owns the coffee shop across the street. I think its a symbiotic relationship.

12X16 canvas board
2 hours ?

Rachel's Boyfriend

His name is Mike. For a long time he was known as Rachel's boyfriend. Then he was known as Rachel's x-boyfriend. Then he was known as Paris Hilton's boyfriend. Then Paris Hilton was known as Mike's x-girlfriend. That's how I found out his name.

He's back with good'ol Rachel now. Raising bedbugs and any other pets that follow them home.

Good Bless.

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I'm having trouble uploading a picture to blogger for some reason.

I'll try again tomorrow

I did post something new on Deviant Art . <----Go on click it. Your Mom will like you better if you did.

Backside 2

I surprised myself on this one. I was reading alot of Claire Wendling when I drew it.

Backside

I'm in a new portrait and figure class at the Ron Lemon Studio. I'll post some drawings as soon as I do something good. After the 2 classes I've taken, its kinda like a starting over class and I'm still learning how to construct the figure the way he's instructing. In other words we are drawing alot of boxes.

20 minute drawing from a figure class.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

This is a black oil pick-out painting I did of Jean-Michel Basquiat from a photo. He has long dreadlocks, two ears, and he slept with Andy Warhol.



None of which you can see in this picture

Watercolor 3

I'm still trying to learn watercolor, and this is one of my attempts. I think a stronger drawing would have helped, but I was real surprised how the color came out.


More to come.

In the next 100 years.