Chris Beaven

I’m done with the drawing with graphite now it is time to begin with paint. I will always be drawing but now it is time to transition to painting.

A drawing on the wall looks to be the phases of the moon flanked by a young and old woman. It’s meaningful and important.

There are several pieces of art in the background of this painting and I’m going to have a difficult time reproducing them.

Many items I’m drawing will cause me lots of frustration later if I don’t define them well. Better to deal with it now in graphite, than paint.

I’ve finished the layout of every item on the canvas now I just need to refine a few more things before beginning painting.

I spent most of this session covering up old confusing lines with some more gray gesso paint.

I love the eclectic feel of everything behind Patrick but the stacks of tapes and cd’s is going to be very tedious to paint.

The new setup in my new apartment is similar to the last but I still need to get used to it.

The title is a play on words as we are moving and it is causing me to move forward slowly on the painting.

I’m refining some of the drawing from yesterday but doing the minimum time because I need to clean for our move.

Just doing the first pass on the background wall which is full of eclectic items.

Being the wonderful animated person he is Patrick likes to gesture with his hands but it doesn’t make the best photos.

I’m boxing up all my art supplies for our move and making a commitment to take this drawing as far as I can before painting.

I have another busy day today so I’m refining the drawing more very early and I’m focusing on getting the drawing as accurate as possible.

I wanted to get a better idea of how the form of Patrick’s face moves through space this will go far to inform the next painting step.

One month after the first time I was doing drawing refinement I’m doing it again but this time I feel like I have a better direction and outlook.

The current state of the painting is in a really weird position but I assure you it is for a good reason.

I painted over the previous work I did with acrylic and started the drawing again.

Working again on Patrick’s portrait today and I just finished the first round of drawing. Now I just need to keep refining till I’m happy.

One of the things I like a lot about this photo is the parts of Patrick that show through the eclectic items on the wall behind him.

Again I needed some art time with not a lot of cognitive focus so I decided to work in a small area and refine the drawing I worked on yesterday.