Friday, January 15, 2016
A Bit of Eve - original figurative ink drawing
Very quick drawing - a favorite method of mine. This was done in my sketchbook with a fountain pen. Thanks for looking!
On My Easel - Landscape Pencil Drawing in Progress
This sketchbook work in progress is one that I started while out in the country. I ran out of time so took a photo in order to complete it when I got home, but just haven't gotten around to it. Am working on some figure drawings that aren't even finished enough to post. Thanks for visiting my blog!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
More Two-Step Sweet Talk - original figurative oil painting
This painting is on 6x6" Gessobord. Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Sketch of a Girl Sleeping - original charcoal figurative drawing
Monday, January 04, 2016
ACEO - Marcy - original acrylic portrait painting
Sunday, January 03, 2016
I Think Her Name is Janice - original acrylic portrait painting
I've been using acrylic paint (again) and found it to be so great to use. Best of all is the drying time - and for me, a looseness that doesn't happen when I use oil. As for the model, I didn't write her name on the back of the panel as I usually do, but it was Janice, I'm pretty sure. And warm colors - I almost never paint anything with such warm colors - don't really know what came over me - I don't think the background was particularly warm, but such a departure from my usual work. It's painted on 8 x 10" gessoed panel. Thanks for looking!
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Joanna - original charcoal drawing of a nude
Another nude - this one in charcoal - about 16 x 12" on Strathmore drawing paper; thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
On My Easel - Nude with Background - original oil pastel drawing of a nude
This drawing may remain unfinished - I'm loving the background which has just been sort of abstracted and it's fun that she took kind of a glamour pose. So maybe it's actually off my easel. This was done with Sennelier oil pastels on a mixed media board, 10 x 8". Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, December 11, 2015
On My Easel - figurative oil sketch
Here's a sketch that I wish I'd had more time on, but that's always my lament. Hope I get another chance with this pose. It's 9 x 12" on Gessobord. Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, December 04, 2015
Sketch of a Guitarist - original charcoal/watersoluble pencil figurative drawing
This drawing is on paper for pens, but I think it makes a nice surface for other media, too. Will probably use this drawing for a flamenco painting. Lately, I seem to be as interested in the musicians as the dancers The paper is 12 x 9". Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Ponytail - original oil pastel portrait painting
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday's Nude - original charcoal life drawing
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Reading Catalogs - original oil pastel portrait painting
Monday, November 23, 2015
Line Jive - original ink and Crayola figurative drawing
Just fooling around with ink and Crayola - these are regular Crayolas - the ones to die for are the construction paper ones. Couldn't find mine, so I just used the usual in robin's egg blue. This drawing is about 8 1/2 x 7 1/2" on Borden and Riley Paris paper. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Searching for the Right Word - original oil pastel figurative
I was trying to make a composition with variety in the background - but don't know if I succeeded. And tried not to make the model too abstract, nor too realistic. I sound like Jackie Mason. But you get what I mean about the painting, right? It's on 7 x 5" Pastelbord. I love that stuff - could kiss it. Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Flamenco Sketch - original charcoal figurative drawing
Sunday, November 15, 2015
On My Easel - Steps to a Nude - original oil pastel nude in progress
Here are steps I'm taking in developing a nude painting. It began as a charcoal drawing (bottom photo) which I used as a "pattern" to do my 7 x 5" oil pastel on sand Pastelbord. In step 2, I covered my Pastelbord drawing with a light blue Sennelier oil pastel, then, in step 3, covered most of the blue with ochres and added bits of red. I like the more raw version of step 3 and have to try hard not to overwork it - just add a little here and there and then call it 'finished'. Just about done, I think. The feet were a real challenge because of the way they're tucked under her - so I may have to work on those a little. Also, the original charcoal drawing of the face was too fussy, and looked as if I didn't even look at the woman who was posing, so in doing the oil pastel, I left the face pretty much alone. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
On My Easel - The Midnight Oil - original charcoal portrait drawing in progress
I've been taking a course that works with design webbing and tried to do this drawing according to what I've been learning. I don't know if I totally succeeded and when I do the painting, will probably bring her up on the page a little bit. Or maybe I'll just darken the bottom of the painting. Hmmm - much to think about - so I'd better get this finished before I worry about doing a painting. This is done on Strathmore drawing paper, 14 x 17". Thanks for visiting my blog!
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Clara's Pnk Sweater - original oil pastel portrait drawing
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
On My Easel - Her Sketchbook - original charcoal portrait drawing in progress
She really seems pleased with her artwork and I'm looking forward to working on this some more and getting it finished - much to do, though, to get to that point. Thanks for stopping by!
Monday, November 02, 2015
Taking a Break - original oil pastel figurative
Nothing like a little snooze between chapters - on 7 x 5" Pastelbord, using Sennelier oil pastels. Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Shelley's Blue Ribbons - original oil pastel portrait painting
very quickly, then moved to another location in the room for a different view. I generally do that in a long pose, so I have a few different sketches/drawings/paintings instead of just the one pose for three hours, plus with three hours on the same pose, I tend to overwork it. This is another piece using Sennelier oil pastels on sand colored 7 x 5" Pastelbord. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Friday, October 30, 2015
Waiting Again - original oil pastel figurative
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Woman in Purple - original oil portrait painting
That'll teach me - music while I paint tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Lee's Daughter - original oil pastel portrait drawing
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Solace - original oil pastel figurative sketch
Listening to Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder as I post. Love all that talent. Never paid much attention to bluegrass 'til I lived in Virginia and there was a bluegrass program on Sunday afternoons - can't remember the station now. Anyway, it wasn't long before I was hooked. Sort of got off-subject here - this oil pastel is on Pastelbord, 7 x 5". Thanks for looking!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Lainie's Tea - original oil pastel figurative painting
A little experiment with totally blunt (unsharpened) oil pastels on 7 x 5" Pastelbord - just to keep me loose. Much fun to do and although I see a lot of things I could improve upon, I'm just leaving it and moving on. Tomorrow I am definitely and absolutely going to have my country dance painting finished, but it might be too wet to photograph. Well, we'll see. Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Thursday, October 08, 2015
The Flapper Redux - original oil portrait painting
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