Celestial Inquiry

It's been a while since I've posted anything so here is a little something to get me back on the cyber-ball again. Above is a painting I'm off-and-on playing with (I started it last semester).

I showed a sneak peak in a previous post.

I'm going to add a little more soon but I thought it would be a fun one to show off while I play with it.

Another Painting of Dad :)

I haven't posted any paintings for quite a while... I thought I'd give you a sneak peak at my current painting with a detail shot.

(Unfortunately I only have my phone right now for photo taking — These are just 2 'so far' shots that I had... I should be done in a couple weeks and will share the whole thing then with a nice camera.)

2nd Place

Illuminated Duke

My painting of my dog "Illuminated Duke" won a 2nd place in the National Arts Program for Carlsbad. :)

I'm so neglectful...

Here are a few pics of the studies I've been doing in class...

I'll try to be better about posting stuff... I've just been so busy that I forget to do any posts online!

(They are all studies from other paintings- except for the 2 pairs of eyes painted with just burnt umber.. those are from photos)

If I finish the pinup I'll replace her photo with a new one...

More later... ;)

Portraits

Painting of my Dad from photo.

Painting of my friend Breann from photo.

Painting of model in class.

Here are a couple of paintings from my Oil painting class at Watts...

Nothing else to post for now... ;)

New painting

My 3rd figure painting in oil...

Didn't finish this one, but I may do another with the same model (I took a picture of him before I left class). I put this painting away for a few days and when I took it out, I noticed the things I should have changed while painting it. It was a good learning experience!

That's why it's a study, right?

I didn't get a chance to work on the hands or the chair much...

I will post my second painting, from the photo I took, to compare... it will be interesting to see what I do differently... ;)

Critique: The model had more exaggerated features and he wasn't as well groomed as I portrayed him... I will see what I come up with in the 2nd version. ;)

2nd Figure Painting

This is the second figure study (in oil) that I have painted.

(I'm not satisfied with my first one so I may not share it)

It is done in the Reilly Method and it turned out fairly well considering I'm just starting!

I've been having fun with my classes at Watts Atelier.

I always feel like I'm learning much faster when I am at that school. Can't wait for the next one!!! I'll keep you posted! :)