Four quick study portraits in oil. These are my day two results from a 3-day workshop by Craig Nelson. The goal is to improve one’s painting skills by working fast and focusing primarily on value and form. This weekend is also my first time painting in oils. The first two paintings with the woman subject took 25 minutes each, and the two with the man took 45 minutes each.
Sunday morning progress. I began coloring in the stoat with orange gradient, and I added white primer diamonds. I’ve cut some thick mat board into stencils for the diamonds and for half-circles that will go Read more…
“I Is for Ivory Coast Running Frog”. This guy is tiny. Watercolor, ink, and paint pen on hot press cotton paper. I got really playful with this one, and it turned out to be one Read more…
“I Is for Ivory Coast Running Frog”, watercolor work-in-progress.