first figure painting from Adv Figure and some other stuff!

This is my first figure from Advance Figure painting w/Tomutsu..about 2.5 hours; (16 x 20 on utrecht canvas limited palette: white, yellow ochre, terra rosa, tranp red oxide, burnt umber and ultra-marine blue) -- having Quick Studies the day before helped my confidence in getting skin tones down and worrying to adjust them later.. sometimes later never comes but mostly you get a shot.. next one, I hope to get more work done on the hands and feet but I kind of dig.. (at least for the commensurate hour!)

Larry Z's workshop - a new model but she held some great poses.. I had a "run-in" at the security desk ( ask me about Morons when you see me!).. so didn't get settled down enough for the first few drawings so only a few are not too wonky.. ( next two are 10 minutes each)


Saturday a.m. in Henry Yan's ... Henry actually said, "Kevin - don't draw too much like me!" i think he was just busting me for whatever.. it's great when he tells you he is seeing things at a new level from just a month ago! yes! - below of Wendy - about 12 minutes ( screw'd up the long pose.. )
below Kelli Peach from Army street tuesday night.. like this.. just the key elements.. she is a great model I think! 10mins..
First painting - only 'bout 2 hours on board 11 x 14 for clothed figure.. very nervous and tight.. did not get the headshape complete.. oh well.. portents of better things to come ?! i hope so!

a few new figures.. trying new things and maybe it's working! ( a little..)

Roughly in order of my "like" of them.. working on soft form indications, right value and just the right level of information and nothing more.. also working on a more sweeping line vs such a studied direct-drawing line I have been into for the past.. while ( i watched that video of Charles Reid the watercolor guy drawing and it kind of stuck.. like good glue on a hot day)...


below.. tied for my fave.. love that look.. fashion workshop w/om and gue.. this guy has an amazing facial structure!

below - these are kelli peach from army st tuesday nights.. like the sweep there and the indications of forms.. it's coming ! ( now only if my painting would get to the next.. deal!)


below kelli - long pose (20 mins.. and a bit of follow up work)..

some doodles and quick figures..

kids are fun to figure out.. does someone have a ballpoint pen that doesn't gunk ? i want that ( in fine, black bp!).. figures: I need to work more "sweep" into my forms and more structure.. that's the next thing to work on ( besides value mgmt in planes).. i think.. yeah!

some days it just works..

my 2nd to last drawing from the first Omari/Mark figure "workshop".. very fun, good music and donna is amazing as a model.. this is my favorite.. did I mention she had ski goggles on .. and apres ski boots ? big pad, in lap ;-)

More recent figure drawings ( last week or so)

These are in backwards order.. below - last one from today.. can any Academy students guess who that model is ??




I like this one below.. 10 minutes.. simple..
Below from Army street tuesday night workshop.. Me and Omari this week.. Alex hung in the week befo'


Below - dave 2 minute gesture I liked.. foreshortening and whatnot..
kind of like that recline.. needed a bit more time to model.. next time !

finally got my bum back to draw the live model !!!

nothing over 20 here.. she was a fun model and alex and I were pretty happy to uncork our gear and DRAW for a few hours!
meh..

20 min below..
5 mins below

these are all 1 min warmups.. gettin' a little flow!


a 15 minute drawing from Henry Yan's final semester friday night workshop.. it's got a feeling..

Some.. sketchbook to kick off the New Year!!

back to having a *few chops with my ballpoint pen! that night at dr. sketchy's made me think i needed to get my pen out a bit more frequently.. and even though I forget to de-gunk my pilot easytouch fine (tm) .39 cent pen i still like what it can do for stuff.. pen is the shiz for working on your eye ( no erasing).. always in search of the highlight and midtone ( and the shadowline ;-))..

these are from life, tv, models and photos.. and all in the last week or so.. in my little sketchbook (good for travel).. the sopranos down below were for a proposed still life last semester in still life 1..






below - first page in new sketchbook.. always a nervous moment !

Some final pics/art from Heads and hands and Clothed Fig 3

Herewith, my final approx 5 hour head study from Heads and Hands dos. Very simple but I am pleased with the structural-ness of it, the simplicity of it and.. well i just like! Tae gave me thumbs up so all is good.
Below is the 2nd to last painting for Tae's class.. wanted to get more done as it was coming together but.. here it am anyway ! ;-)

Here are some shots of Heads and Hands class and our final work.. top left is Matias (in hat, seated), guy from other class (?), Chris standing and Matt the model; top right are Jessie 1 and Arif on a break; bottom left are Chris, Model, Jennie and Hava ( who finally makes it mostly on time and makes the best Dirt Cake I have ever had ( ok only one I have)).. final photo is Tae Park and our works while she is doing critiques.. I know she will yell at me for putting this picture of her up but TOO BaD! an amazing artist and driving, tough but excellent teacher!!!!!!! Buy her work and take her classes if you can, I say!
student works.. mine..Hava's, Jennie's and Chris'.. this is the life of a student painting at school.. sit your bum down on a 15 year old, dirty wooden plank and suffer ;-)

just a coupla' quick final day drawings from clothed figure 3.. wiped out w/no sleep i still got a few out that were ok.. the one below I like for the feeling of the forlorn couple.. both of these about 40 mins..

(Almost) Final Self Portrait WIP and Clothed Figure one alumni photos!

OK so above is as of 12 11 08... more cooling of the lights and fine tuning all around.. moved ear.. re-did mouth to capture more of what my "mouf" looks like.. nose completely re-done to soften transitions.. it may need a cooler highlight but I am not psyched to touch it after all that work.. dig it ( me, I mean - i dig it.. at least a little.. and at least for an hour or so.. background to be softened ( see blog of dark where painting was in more detail).. will finalize when feeling less lazy!.. off to workshop to.. what else ? paint the figure ;-)) -kw ps check out the show at 288 Sutter ! Sam has some awesome stuff there ( and my favorite already sold #$%) shout out to team Tomutsu!


Here is one of my final WIP paintings (that would be a self portrait) - just getting near complete-ish.. Very Warm lights on the left and slightly cooler morning light from the window ( and quite bright) on the right.. for me: very complex light - no REAL shadows so.. lots of thinking and.. let me just say i will NEVER be lazy at block in again as the re-working is so painful vs getting it right out the gate! ( and here I thought I knew what I looked like).. painting: i really enjoy it but it is SO intense!)



Lazy block in.. eyes too close, nose in wrong place, ear a mile back on HUGE side of head.. mouth too low..
bringing in the super warms from the inside room lights ( reds/golds/yellows) and the cool-er light from the window ( this is about 10am at my house.. north light window..
rough "ebouche" of color down.. now eyes are too narrow, nose needs much fine tuning and mouth is to.. underbite-y .. i think I had moved the ear by this time.. it was almost an inch on the canvas which is a shed-load of fix!
below - value adjustments yesterday (sat) to get things more to the right /true value range.. when I first put those light cooler values in a think I made a slight .. whelp ? but it was right and good..


and the near final.. very challenging but it has some things I am digging ..




The Chris Canga (non- as in he is very much alive) Memorial Clothed Figure 1 annual dinner ( no. 2). Left to right are Leah, Elisha, Ye Bin, Max, Emmerson and Carmen.. look at Ye Bin's cool polaroid camera ( she always has cool toys!).. Very fun gang! We all laughed.. Emmerson ate like 23 roles and it was all good..
Besides Leah, I am the only other Caucasian in this group.. outnumbered.. outgunned.. story of my life! oh - and that is Carmen's Dude next to her.. he is "in the industry" !
check out Emmerson and the girlz in these next two.. Max seems.. transfixed ?