Most recent in class figure drawing

Here is a figure drawing that I really like. My instructor Zin helped me with the finishing touches.

Quick Studies from Situation and Environment

These are some quick studies we had to do to prepare for a larger painting. I like the feel of these paintings, but some of the proportions are off. That is okay though because they are "quick" studies :)

Some drawings

These drawings are from my figure drawing class. I love the full figure one. I was feeling pretty comfortable while doing it and I got some good feedback from my instructor. I started the head in the last hour.....meh! Good to practice though!

Quick Study Final Painting.

Like I said before it has been a while since I have posted, but for now I have a homework assignment to show. We were asked to take one of our small studies and make it into a large painting. I chose this one which I really liked.









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I was excited to see it in a large format and to really take advantage of color. My study was very muted. This is what I came up with for the final. (I still have some things to change but otherwise I love it.) My instructor also had some good things to say about it and was very encouraging. He said that I should be very happy with it....and I am.










I did not like the fabric color so I decided to glaze it to change the color. I had always wanted to glaze something that had already been modeled in order to change the color like some of the old masters would do. Word to the wise, DO NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW on an important painting, PRACTICE it first. I ended up not being able to get the glaze to the consistency I wanted. I accomplished the color change I wanted (pale green to red) but for some reason the glazing mediums (ended up trying two...prefered Galkyd but will try something different next time) caused a tacky gooey consistency. I messed it up, but I think I was able to salvage it. I am excited to master this technique.

Anyway, here are photos of the process to get to the final painting I have now. I am VERY happy with this painting and what I learned from doing it.






You can see the original study in the background of the second photo.






















Notice the various changes in the fabric color. What a chore but I learned what TO do and what NOT TO do :)

A couple of Quick Study Assignments 2/10

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These are a couple quick studies that I did the other day. I really like the first one. I like the second one too, but it is not well done. That is, the colors and paint application aren't great, but I am drawn to it for some reason. I was trying to not use any new paint because I only had the last 15 minutes to do it in the workshop. So I forced myself to stick to the paints that were left on my palette from class earlier in the day.