I think I have finished the eyes, I’m never 100% sure because I still have a lot left to do in this painting and I may go back and make changes.
Who is this: Good Eye
I’ve finally painted one eye to my satisfaction. I’ve worked on this left eye for many sessions but only today did I get it right.
Who is this: Big Changes
I’m unhappy with the left eye it looks incorrect. In this session I painted over most of the eye and changed up the drawing significantly. I may have to do it again.
Who is this: Small Changes
I moved over the entire top half of the portrait today making small changes. I should have focused my effort at the beginning.
Who is this: The Very Top
Today I focused my efforts and I worked on the very top of my head, just the forehead and a bit of hair.
Who is this: Confused
I started today’s session confused on what to do, even though I’m working very slowly on this I’m still having trouble starting on something…
Life Drawing
I drew differently today, I was thinking more about energy and the human body rather than proportions.
Who is this: Patience
I’m not liking how the portrait is coming along so I keep going over what I did on the previous session. I need more patience as it will take time.
Who is this: More Portrait
I’m working slowly and carefully around the eyes of the portrait still. I keep making slight adjustments because I’m not happy with it currently.
Who is this: Eyes
The most important part of this painting is the eyes and as such, I’m spending a lot of time getting them correct.
Who is this: Back to the Figure
I’m back to working on the figure and I’m starting from the top down.
Who is this: Background Change Again
So I changed the background again, it was too busy with the texture.
Who is this: Sink
I worked on refining the sink today, I basically want to get everything behind the figure done.
Who is this: More Door
Today I worked on the door a bit, trying to get the lines straight but not too sharp.
Who is this: A Door for Depth
I didn’t like the background it was too nebulous and didn’t define the space well, so I’m adding a door.
Who is this: Comfy Pants
I painted the details of my comfy pants today. I love these pants, I wear them often.
Who is this: Little Color Wheel
I keep a little tiny very simple color wheel on my palette just to help me remember.
Who is this: Sink
For this session I worked on the sink and faucet.
Who is this: Soap
Believe it or not everything in this painting is put there intentionally.
Who is this: Slow and Steady
Yes this painting is taking a long time to complete, and I’m Okay with that for now.
Life Drawing
I’m very happy with my drawings today of Randy.
Who is this: Distracting Texture
I like the color change for the counter, but now the texture is distracting.
Who is this: Distracting Colors
I added in some of the other elements in this painting and I’m finding them distracting.
Who is this: Paint Over Edges
When painting its important to paint over edges not just up to an edge.
Who is this: Depth Through Color
The background was to bright and wanted it to recede more so I changed its color.
Who is this: Background Changes
I’m not liking the background color and I feel it is detracting away from the figure so for this session I’m beginning to tone it down.
Who is this: Mirror
Today I had an easy day of painting as I blocked out the frame for the mirror.
Life Drawing
Today we drew Shawna and I stayed for the whole session.
Who is this: Another Hand
I’m not sure this hand turned out better than the last one.
Who is this: Hand
Today I painted one of the hands and it proved to be very complex.
Who is this: Second Arm
I don’t feel like I pushed the colors enough on this session.
Who is this: Torso
I had fun working on the torso today.
Who is this: Arm
For this session I worked on the arm and a bit of the torso.
Who is this: Background
After a long day and a super hard hike, I’m taking it easy and just working on the background.
Life Drawing
I was happy with the drawings today but even happier that I went the full time.
Who is this: More Blue Shirt
Working more on the shirt blockin today, easy stuff, not too much to talk about.
Who is this: Blue Shirt
Not much happening now I’m working on the shirt I’m wearing and I don’t expect to put much detail in it.
Who is this: Judgement
It’s difficult to reserve judgement on your artwork until your far enough along for it to warrant it.
Who is this: Taking it Easy
Today I took it easy, I knew that I wasn’t very focused so I worked on the background a bit.
Who is this: Tremors
New challenges arise when dealing with medication and painting.
Who is this: Crazy Colors
I’m using some crazy colors on this self portrait, some are just right out of the tube.
Figure Drawing
Life drawing today in an alternate building that isn’t as cozy as our normal space.
Who is this: More Head Blockin
This is how I like painting, I get right to the point even with the blockin.
Who is this: Starting With Oil
I started with oil today and the colors are going to start out very saturated.
Who is this: Ready for Paint?
After refining a lot of the drawing around this painting I think it may be ready for paint.
Who is this: More Hands
As I continue to refine the drawing of my hands they keep getting smaller, yet more accurate.
Who is this: Hands
I spent my art time this morning refining the hands and I will spend at least one more session on refinement.
Who is this: Torso and Hands
I spent this session refining what I drew the last time I worked on this painting.
Figure Drawing
Today I’m drawing Gary and I don’t think I did him justice with these drawings.
Who is this: Very Vertical
I’ve drawn out the placement for my whole body and the composition is very vertical.
Who is this: Looking Better
I refined the drawing and added some shading which helped a lot.
Who is this: Second Session
I drew the portrait part of my painting today and it is looking a bit wonky.
New Painting “Who is This?”
My new paintings always start out much differently than any of my other drawings, it’s because I have a plan.
Figure Drawing
Figure drawing again from YouTube.
Figure Drawing
Back to drawing from photos at home.
Life Drawing: Shannon
When I draw now it is like letting go and accepting possible failure.
Figure drawing
With this post I’m finally caught up on my posts. The last month and a half posts I’ve published in the past week.
Figure Drawing
Even in these couple week of half hour sessions I’m getting my skills back up to speed.
Figure Drawing
I’m still taking my time, I’m not getting as much of the figure done but I like what I accomplish more.
Figure Drawing
I changed my art time to earlier in the day and it is the best.