Avery Wueste - Watercolor 10 x 10" First Watercolor Portrait in 5 years!

Yes that's my thumb..

A few of my recent figures and heads.. mostly from life except when they're not.

It feels like a bit of a guilty pleasure to draw w/o teaching now... Very odd ..  I also bought the wrong paper ( rough newsprint).. and it's not my wheelhouse.  So, thanks for looking!  More new paintings soon!

Figures from life - Rachel is the model - very fun to draw her - she poses dynamically !

Rachel on rough and Daisy in the bodice leather thing..

Some 20's and 30's movie star studies and a quick 3 minute seated gesture of Rachel..

Mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल Maṇḍala, 'circle') is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe.^[1] The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T.^[2][3] Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.^[4]

The term is of Hindu origin. It appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other Indian religions, particularly Buddhism.

In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts, as a spiritual teaching tool, for establishing a sacred space, and as an aid to meditation and trance induction.

In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a microcosm of the universe from an enlightened perspective; i.e., that of the principal deity.

Here are several of the Mandalas created by my two Color Fundamentals classes this semester.  This is the final project of the semester which is a culminating effort.  The color schemes are a dual analogous, split compliment (with one dominant primary as mandatory).  These students have spent on average 25 hours - and some approaching 100 hours on these works.  There are many more excellent ones - this is a cross section of some of the top works.

Congratulations to Mae Kikuchi ( top right below) and Taylor Suchy (top left in bottom box of Mandalas) for being selected for the 2013 Academy of Art Spring Show!

Clockwise from top left: Haini Zhi, Mae Kikuchi, Rachel Smith, Med Bullock

Clockwise from top left - Taylor Suchy, Jenny Oh, Daniel Manou, Ellen Wong.

Paint-A-Thon!

The Fisherman -
Dreaming of the Seas Ahead Oil on Panel - From life April 2013.

The above painting (Model: Ward) was mostly completed at the Spring Semester Paint-a-Thon at the Academy of Art.   Our Female model absolutely flaked ( on about 20-25 people) and thank you Suzanne for pinch hitting.   

The light here was from the side ( right) about head high and I have not painted w/that light ever so it was good practice..  About 5 hours and some time @ home ..

The tableau - she continues - though not without continued effort..

"Ignominy" 12 x 10" Oil on canvas.

Jonathan - torso study/back charcoal on paper

Jacqueline - torso study /back + bum charcoal on paper

"Colleen" - demo on Drawing paper with willow and charcoal pencil..

The foot - a demo - it can begin simply as a wedge and you can go to town from there..

Dear Sir(s), 

Here are a few recent works that I thought worth showing ..  Crawl..Run - right.  n=Crawl..

"Potrero Girl" - from the live model - on Mi Tientes with carbon, conte and white chalk

"Lyric turning" - done in class from the live model - charcoal on newsprint.

 Head Demo - from life in class

Portrait study done @ my last Robert Liberace workshop.  Thank you Daphne for shipping it ( I still owe you !) and Thank you Rob for being such a cool cat!  Only got about 2 hours on this or so .. maybe 3 then had to jet!

"Liz" - demo on graphite drawing for my students..

 "Clarisse" - same as above.. but using a stroke-y technique..

Samantha, Yibo and Sue-Jong.. head drawing demos for my students..

"Chelsey Fields" - about 12 x 17" Charcoal on Paper

A demo drawing for my Intermediate Figure Drawing students - about 4-5 hours total.

"Gregory"  

An Alla-Prima study from life, in oil on loose canvas.  About 3 hours.  17 x 10" give or take.

Painted at a model workshop at the Academy of Art University this past week.

Hiya Blog!  It's been a while.  I thought we broke up but I think it was only an inadvertent trial separation.    

I am sad to report my class for Painting the Clothed Figure did not make the student cut-off - but we were right on the line -  hopefully next time it'll go ( or they'll ask me again !)

Here is a quick painting I did today in Mr Tomutsu Takeshima's quick studies MFA class.   This is, I believe Carolyn Meyer's husband.  I did this in about an hour.  On "YES" canvas.  12 x 16" Oil paints.

"The Pondered"  12" x 12" on a quite rough-textured canvas.  From life.  Done the last few days of January 2012.  Model - Noel.  A bit of a struggle for sure.

Catherine - for my Intermediate Figure Drawing students..

 

Tendai W pinch-hit for Lurie who sort-of fainted on the stand.  Sorry for Lurie and thank you T for doing a great job..

 

I made Catherine really push the poses.. ( helps new students see the cantilevers of the human shape!)

Lainey - speedy demo..

 

That's about as much as I can like a drawing!

Come Paint the Clothed Figure with me this spring!

If you would like to paint with me and learn how to paint the clothed figure in a classical realist style - please sign up for FA_311_01.    I think it will be an amazing class !

"Federal Sofa with Joanne" 16" x 20"

 "The Searcher" 8" x 10" 

"Road Work" 16" x 20"

I hope you can join me painting the clothed figure!

-Kevin