Donna -- ASL Figure Painting: July 27 - 31

I like to paint Donna--she smiles a little while she's posing. It makes me wonder what she's thinking about.

16x20 canvas paper
18x24 canvas board

18x24 canvas board

16x12 oil on panel


So far, my 3 favorite pictures have been the 3 I've tried on panel.

ASL Figure Painting: July 21-24

We lost a day when our model got sick and didn't turn up. Luckily, the replacement model was great and took the same pose for the rest of this second week of the pose.


I traded places with a friend and painted the model from the other side:

oil, 16x20 canvas board


And here I am back at the same easel where I did those other purple portraits from last week. Even with a different model, it really helps to have drawn the head a few times before in this same position.

There is a prettier painting underneath this one. Somebody in my class was a little bothered by how much I screwed it up a perfectly nice picture with all the patchiness on top of her skin. Well, people, I'm still learning here. It's going to happen more often than not.

oil, 9x12 canvas board

ASL Figure Painting: July 17

I think this is one of my favorite pictures. For me, this is the best likeness. Also, I like the way the paint surface looks over panel (vs cotton duck canvas). I started it near the end of class so I didn't have a chance to screw it up too much.

I've had trouble taking pictures of these paintings. For example, the painting above should be colored more like the picture below--any advice out there on how to make it happen without flash spots? Photographing purples is terrible. Worse than trying to mix them, even.


8x10, oil on panel

ASL Figure Painting: July 13-17

oil, 12x16 canvas board

oil, 14x18 canvas board
Trying out a lot of things here that didn't work at all!


oil on canvas board, 12x16
This is a terrible painting but I kind of like it. It's humble, or something. Or just bad. And needs friends.

Helena--ASL Figure Painting: July 6 - 10

I think this one is a little better than the last. I need to remove that dark line under her chin.



Can't believe I've been doing this for more than a month already! I like painting in the mornings a lot. It's not time that I'd otherwise use wisely.

12x12, oil on panel

Helena--ASL Figure Painting: June 29 - Jul 3

oil, 11x14 cotton duck canvas