Black Eye
Michelle’s shiner (detail) It’s not often you get a model showing up with a black eye, and that’s irresistible to paint. (Before you get worried that she’s the victim of domestic abuse, she’s a dancer and occasionally her face gets in someone else’s way.) A flesh tone matrix, a little more complex than what I …
A more formal figure painting
Nude, oil on canvas, 40X30 This commissioned work is a formal portrait of a mature woman who desired a nude painting reflecting her Central American heritage. The client wanted an impression of the beauty of a woman not matching the cliché of the commercialized American ideal of willowy, leggy and fair female imagery. The composition …
Figure Sketch
(Michelle reading, 24X36″ oil sketch on canvas.) I have been doing fewer 3 hour figure studies, because my pal Marilyn has blown down to Florida. This is from Saturday’s session. I love the pose. Three hours for the figure, about another half hour for the background. Excuse the reflections; at this time of year, paint …
Join me at the Irondequoit Inn this weekend
Piseco Outlet 12X9 Oil (click for a larger view) Irondequoit Inn’s 2011 featured artist Mark your calendars for a meet the artist reception on 7/29 from 6pm to 8 pm and a roundtable discussion on “Why Art Matters” on 7/31 at 1:00pm (click to sign up). Carol Douglas is a well-known Rochester artist and teacher …
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Today’s little exercise, a one hour sketch after my class.
West breakwall at Irondequoit Bay, some smallish size or another, oil on canvasboard Kamillah Ramos was game to paint another hour with me after class so I did a quick study. The problem I’m finding is that the paint hasn’t the gamut for the water color. (It’s rare in WNY to have that insane saturated …
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