Tuesday, April 27, 2010

3 Paintings, 1 Drawing, 1 Day

Title: Penitent Man
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 16 x 20
Inspiration: For Figure Painting. Foreshortened head. I have now sculpted, drawn, and painted this guy. My school likes to use him as a model a lot.  This was difficult because began it on Friday and finished it today.  It had time to dry and become tacky in between so while working on it today it was really really hard to blend. I think it ended up nicely though. 

Title: On your Mark, Get Set
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 18 x 24
Inspiration: For Figure Painting. Foreshortened figure.  I really really like the way this guy turned out.  About 1/2 way through I turned him upside down and painted that way causing me to concentrate more on form and value rather then arms and legs.  I left my initial draw in marks because I think it gives is a nice sense of dynamic movement. 

Title: I Look Cute When I Do This
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 11 x 14
Inspiration: For Heads and Hands.  Working on painting in value.  It is much much harder then it looks.  I like using color better.  

Title: Kaylee
Medium: sanguine on paper
Size: 12 x 18
Inspiration: For Heads and Hands.  Final homework on Charcoal.  I think it turned out well.  I wish I had captured her smile a bit better.  I find the more I do these the quicker and easier they get.  Imagine that. 

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Shawna's Aunt and Uncle

Title: Shawna's Aunt and Uncle
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9x12
Inspiration: Over two years ago my friend Shawna asked me to do a portrait of her Aunt who has breast cancer.  I have been really afraid to work on/ finish this painting.  I was really intimidated so I brought it to an art class I signed up for so the instructor could give me some pointers and help me finish.  And that she did.  Lynn Gertenbach is amazing.  You should check out her work if you have time.  
It feels really good to be done with this.  I cant wait to show it to Shawna then varnish it and give it too her.    
 
Too see some in progress of this piece check out here and here. 

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Blah I Hate It Blah

Title: Black Lady
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 16 x 20
Inspiration: For Figure Painting. No inspiration.  We were told to copy this painting and that is what I tried to do.  I hate to copy especially when I dont know who the artist is that I am copying.  Blah!  Not everything can be a masterpiece I guess.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Grand Tour

In my art history class I just learned about the Grand Tour (google it).  
I would love love love to go on one.  
My tour would include:
  • England- London and Stonehenge
  • France- Paris and the Countryside
  • Italy- Florence, Venice, Rome, Naples, Sicily
  • Greece- Athens and Crete
  • Egypt- the Pyramids  
EDIT 2May2010 to add:
  • Mesopotamia
  • India
  • Russia
  • China
  • Japan
  • New Zealand
 

Monday, April 19, 2010

Black Man on Blue Paper

Title: Black Man on Blue Paper
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Size: 12 x 18
Inspiration: For Heads and Hands.  Practice drawing people of a different ethnicity.  I think he looks good.  Oh and I LOVE drawing on colored paper. So much so that I dont think I will ever go back to plain white. 

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

"Before You Judge a Person, Walk a Mile in Their Shoes"

or in this case feet...?

Title: Sister's Feet
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 16 x 20
Inspiration: For Figure Drawing.  From life-my sister modeled for me.  My first crack at feet. I was going for a childish unsure feeling in the positioning of the feet. I think it works yet I need more practice on the rendering.

  

Title: Foot
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 11 x 14
Inspiration: For Figure Painting.  My second try at feet.  Definitely improved.  Done from an image provided by class.  

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

EDIT


Title: Blue Hair
Medium: Mixed Media (Acrylic, Colored pencil, Charcoal, Sanguine, Pastel) on Illustration Board
Size: 15 x 20
Inspiration: So0o0 I woke up this morning and decided I want to change the angle of the nose to make it similar to the reference.  I also took a picture during the day so the colors look a little better. 

Monday, April 12, 2010

Blue Hair


Title: Blue Hair
Medium: Mixed Media (Acrylic, Colored pencil, Charcoal, Sanguine, Pastel) on Illustration Board
Size: 15 x 20
Inspiration: For Heads and Hands.  For some reason this week I really wanted to do a profile so I found this reference photo on DeviantArt.com.  I am very happy with this piece.  It was a fun nice process to complete.  I may to more mixed media portraits.  Below are some in progress shots. 

After the first wash of Yellow Ochre and Cad Yellow Light with a light wash of White added to the face and hair.  



The initial drawing.  Laying out the proportions in Sanguine and some Chocolate Brown.  

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

My I Lend You A Hand?


Title: Man Hands
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 16 x 20
Inspiration: For Figure Painting.  Hands are not my strong point.  These are better then the first one I did which is posted below but I still need A LOT of practice.


Title: Fist
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 11 x 14
Inspiration: For Figure Painting.  Not proud of the at all.  It fought me the whole way. I wanted to cry when I was done.  It was not a good time painting. It is the first hand I did in oils. 

  

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Another Portrait for Class


Title: Portrait of a Girl
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Size: 12 x 18
Inspiration: For Heads and Hands.  I really feel like something has clicked.  My proportions arnt perfect but they are getting better and better every week as it my rendering. Practice makes perfect right? 

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Adam and Newspaper


Title: Adam
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 20
Inspiration: For my figure painting class.  My second oil portrait. It is my husband. I have done many portraits of him and this was the first one that he actually cared about. It is also the first painting I have done of him. Usually he just lets me be but for this one he kept coming in and telling me I was making him look fat or that a line was off. It was weird to have him show so much interest. He hasnt seen it finished so I hope he likes it. I sure am proud of it. I feel like I really captured him lol. 



Title: Weekend News
Medium: Recycled Materials- Newspaper, Cardboard, Glittery Modge Podge
Size: approx 8in x 24in 
Inspiration: You could also call this "Pretty Trash". I joined a collage group on devaintART.com and wanted to do something so submit.  It was lightly inspired by this.  I may do another one like this maybe of just head lines...




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