Friday, September 25, 2009

Leticia & Esteban - Art Students League Sep 7 - 25


oil on panel, 12x16
Midtones on the arm--those @*&%$-ing MIDTONES!! How do you make colors that look dark and light at the same time? Not like this.
But this is the version that the models liked the best. Weird.

oil on panel, 16x20
I fiddled with her face and lost the likeness in the last 10 minutes I worked on this, and then I stopped working on it

oil on panel, 12x16
I think this was one of my better compositions. I like how he was standing--with his long arm relaxed and his shoulders torqued--so much. The panel was making me a little nuts that day and I switched to canvas

oil on cotton duck canvas, 16x20

Sunday, September 6, 2009

central park--sheep's meadow


oil on panel, 9x12
No class for a few weeks and I thought I would paint outside everyday. I didn't. Tim Dosé let me tag along one day & I started this little painting. We're looking north toward the Dakota. I need to put in the people. The little people.

I think this painting is cute.