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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Here's another quick (badly taken photo with my iPhone) of the long-pose portrait I have been working on on Wednesdays:
It's coming along! Hopefully, as I near completion I won't 'overwork' it. That's often a challenge when one has time to really sit with a painting.

Whereas there is something immediate and alive in painting under a time constraint, as evident in the portrait below:
I only had about 2 hours with this one. It's oil on un-stretched linen, roughly 8x10". He is one of my favourite models at the NYAA. I am pretty sure this man has mastered not blinking; he's a true artist.

Thanks for looking!



Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Hello All,

Thanks for checking in on this little art blog.

New York City is hunkering down for an early March snowstorm tonight, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to share the progress on a few drawings/paintings.

Here is the most recent progression of the Older Gentleman, mentioned in the last post:


Yesterday, the model walked up to my drawing and told me that it was "like looking in the mirror'. So hopefully, I can continue to reflect his likeness honestly.

Here's another progression of a long-pose portrait. This one has about 8 hours on it. It's oil on gessoed hardboard, 8x10":




As you can see, I've only really refined the model's right eye... Still so much work to be done. Wish me luck!

Thanks for looking:)