I have really enjoyed painting Still Lifes lately.  I just finished one but have not been able to get a good picture of it.  It contained a Corning Ware Bowl with a green apple and bright red cloth background.  I learned a great deal about reflective light.  I'll get it up soon.  I've started a new still life combinng a few old books my mother-in-law gave me, a candle stick I got at a garage sale and a bell my wife got some where.  You can see the thumbnail scketches I did to explorer different compositions and the progress of the final idea.  I should start painting soon.  I have some figures I've done recently too.  I'll get them up on the next post.  Life continues to be hectic. 

First Still Life

Here is my first Still Life Painting!!

Tony, my still life professor gave us almost a week to have this painted.  It was my first still life.  I'm happy how things turned out.  Although I didn't finish it it was a great exercise and helped me get warmed up for the semester.  We intend to paint, glass, metal and other objects through out the year.  I'm pretty excited.

Here is a portrait drawing I did in my night class Portrait Painting class. Our regular model didn't show up so this was  a single day pose.

Here is another portrait drawing.  Not the original model.  She's been sick.  Single day pose.

Back to School Fall 2010

School kicked off this past Tuesday.  It's exciting to be back although I don't look forward to the commute.  Life requires sacrifices though to get what you want.  Here are some things I did this summer.

 


This is a still life I am working on.  I'm going to crop it differently once I transfer it to my canvas.  Composition wise it is really simple.  Old American flag with a WWII helmet in front.  

This is the portrait from the color figure painting workshop I took this summer with Douglas Flynt.  He was an incredible teacher.  I learned a ton.

I tried to sketch a lot this summer, especially out doors.  My girls wanted to be outside all the time.  I enjoyed these plant studies.

I was working on a lot of studies this summer.  All of these hands were done from life, mine or my wife's.  I wanted to paint them and started to, but life got too busy.   

These were also all taken from life.  I enjoyed these quick sketches.

Ecorche

I'm taking a workshop on figure painting in color. I'll be done Friday and should post some pictures of my work. I'm happy with what I've been learning. For now I thought I would post some pictures of my ecorche work.

Crazy Summer!!

This summer is not turning out like I had anticipated. I had planned on working all summer and that has not happened, which might put school in jeopardy this coming school year. I have had the time to put together what I learned at school this past year. I have been doing a lot of sketching in my sketchbook and working on some paintings. A large part of my efforts have gone into trying to understand color theory and the actual application. I will be taking a color figure painting class for two weeks starting tomorrow. I hope that will help answer a lot of questions that I've encountered in my explorations. I have included some pictures of what I've been doing.