I had a great experience with Travis, Ted and Colleen B! Each of them is an excellent artist and a confident and inspiring teacher as well. A great two weeks in NYC at GCA! Thank you to all of the teachers and I have lots to continue working on ( mostly, as ever - the drawing and values!). All of these heads are about 6-7" in size and I painted on linen panels and prepared gesso boards. Most heads were about 4 hours total time give or take I think. Oil paints and a few graphite studies of Connor D at the bottom.
Isabel on linen panel
Anna Nina on Gesso Board
I will get her name - first model for Colleen Barry's workshop - very distinctive young woman!
Katie W, our monitor and an excellent artist, subbed for the model ( this was a short painting 1/2 day so about 2+ hours as was Anna Nina above - both on the same day) who misplaced the date!
Gabriel - first model day for Colleen's workhops ( week two)
Ernesto - Day two or one Colleen's workshop (now I am confused!)
Steampunk man - one of two paintings that did not survive my wipe-out cloth.. oh well.. it was almost there.. but not!
Some quick graphite head drawings from the first day of TnT before painting began on Tuesday. This is Maria ( I am intimidated! and Connor our monitor for week two ( who sat in the first week to draw and paint and model!)
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Yay! Great works, Kevin. Fantastic work on values. This are paintinbgs to look once, twice and more...
I love Isabel and Ernesto...Ernesto..., it is really a head`s painting plus the expression. Well expression is at all the paintings.
What a great experiences Kevin!
It seems a very different approach respecting Camie's workshops, it is right? Something more like "big planes" than modelling... or is just a wrong impression?
(well, "time" is a big factor here... this portrait seems to be all "alla prima"); but it was a conceptual difference in the approaches? Just curious! :)
Thank you Luicre!
Ariel - hey! well - these are super fast vs 40 hours so while I try to keep an eye on being form-y I am trying to get key shapes in light and less light down - if that makes any sense. There is still an attempt to roll out of the terminators - even if it appears quite quick. Camie - I have only seen her do one quick painting and it was similar. It might also be my skill ( or lack).. ! If you are familiar with Travis' head painting method, I was mostly following that ideal as I very much admire what he and Ted are doing ( as well as Colleen !) all beautiful paintings though slightly different for sure. - Kevin
kevin! yes, it make a great sense! Thanks for the answer!
I'm not familiar con Travis method, but I could say that I really love his work... he's the "different" from GCA teachers, don't you think?
I was seeing your work with Liberace also, you are working a lot!
I hope we can meet again in another workshop some time. I still have your indication about the "flashpoint note" to put in my box of paintings! Sorry, not painting, vegetable base oil pigments! :)
Love, love, Maria`s study in graphite... it does have that something...unique?
I can sense a Lights and darks approach to the forms in most of these works , Im guessing in thinking like thats a time given thingy .. but what I marveled at mostly is how you seem to comprehend your sitter so well in such a short time span ...you must have the eyes of an Eagle Mr W.....I am lost mostly in your skill and beautiful artistry ~A
Awesome portraits Kevin, it was great painting with you.
You are doing just amazing work. Bravo.
Nice work! You assimilated there methods well.
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