Whitney - In progress

Canvas size is 2'x2' painting in oil. I have a long way to go on it. I found out that Venetian Red with either Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow Light, or a combo of all three, makes a beautiful basic skin tone. So far, so good.

Monotone Face Ftudy

This is an oil portrait - monotone - of a baby's face. I had a magazine and this baby's face was so cute, and I decided to try and do a face study to see if I could capture it monochromatically. I started to add color, but I was really pleased with how it turned out and so I decided to just leave it that way.

Charcoal figure bust

Charcoal figure bust

Here's a photo of the bust I'm going to be drawing in charcoal, and the outlined sketch of it.

Quick sketch of nude model

Quick sketches. 5 & 10 minute drawings in vine. Both sketches were done simultaneously. First, quick outline, and then re-outline the same pose but quickly darken in the lights & darks.

Abraham Lincoln

Here is the completed piece. I entered it into an art show in Richmond, but the juror rejected the piece. For my first oil knife painting, I thought I did a pretty good job. Anyway, it's 18x24, and usually, I clean up the oil that runs down the canvas, but this time, I thought, 'what the heck.' It was fun, but not something I'm interested in doing a lot of.

Abraham Lincoln

In progress painting the Lincoln portrait.