some new figure studies in charcoal and oil paint(s)

Kristin from HY's figure class where I interlope.. About 3.5 hours on canva-paper 12 x 16"


Matt on canva-paper as well 3 hours 12 x 16..

above a detail of Angela.. though I detoured from her likeness a bit to design shapes more. .. she is a fantastic model! ( whole figure below.. about1.5 hours)..



above - Bonnie from SOMArts 7 25 09 about 10 minutes..
some 2 minute gestures of Bonnie..

charcoal head study..

18 x 24 .. general 4b pencil.. lots of "hole-filling" and smooth newsprint.. title: "spladness" i can say no more..

two new figures..

Above two alla prima paintings from Henry's Figure class.. some good things and both and some I did not have time to sort.. both 12 x 16 on canva-paper.. about 3 hours each.. model: Lyric

doodles need time in the sun too!

more heads added ( sorry Mum!).. and one of Sir Norman hisself!..


These are drawings of the models ( from photos) that NOrman Rockwell used for his paintings.. neighbors and his kids and his wfe ( and himself ( though not here, his wife is below.. can you spot her ???)

a few new drawings and a painting..

a copy of a zhao ming wu painting.. about 12 x 16 and crap-ish utrecht cotton 5.99 canvas; about 3.5 hours all prima..


a 1.6 hour head study in glen orbik's class..



after n. blohkin - in graphite ( though his is an oil painting).. about 1.5 hours)..

for orph!

a new figure from Glen's class..

I am learning how to make decisions but have not figured more than, say 10-20% out.. maybe less! still..

some new figures from 6 13 and my tony ryder workshop portrait!

Below - my 9 x 12 painting of Krista..



Some figures from 6 13 at SomArts..

Below - ballpoint copy of a Tony Ryder drawing.. on the plane back from Santa Fe to SFO ..

a few things from the end of the sem..

Above: final project for quick studies.. still need to harmonize the blues but I dig painting/drawing fat bway-bways!


Above a 40 minute quick study of the model Kristen.. she told me it looked like.. her brother ( whatev!) I like it! (I made her pose like that so maybe that comment was payback ?)


note to self: don't do quick studies from white! ( see above ) so I didn't get a lot done. the upside ? the colors are analogous and in harmony!


Above: my last in-class painting from clothed figure.. I don't know if I know how to spell her name but it's "Nee" ( phonetically at least).. below is a study i did of her the last day of class..


below: doing a R.Schmid copy will make you figure out a lot about some things!
about 1 hour ( tiny)


Below are some charcoals from the Bay Area Modeling Guild marathon today, sunday.. it was pretty great but again: NEED LIGHTS! all from natural light.. so too much drawing and not enough form..






above - my fave in terms of 'tude..

Isabelle working hard as usual was at the Marathon thing..


As paul thomas anderson says: '..just one more thing'


a quick study of my messy basement and tony soprano on the flatscreen..

some new drawings and quick studies and paintings..

Above a quick study - about an hour and a few minutes .. this was for creative or extreme cropping and I knew I wanted to do a drinking fountain/mouth/water.. never tried it so..



Above, another qs.. just kept it loose but tried to get the values and general color together.. about 2 hours.



Above some life studies from class.. extreme color (again!) and a MC of a Tomutsu-san painting ( but we had to make our copy from black and white and develop our own extreme color plan.. a fun excercise).. the two gregory's are - left with light on him and right, ambient only.. - i think these were 40's.



Xiau-Fong and Justina from a "the-Edmunds" photo.. about 2 hours.. i like it!


Above, a two week pose of Aimee ( spelling ? ). a Great model - very graceful.. but the pose was tough to hold in all these positions.. I did not get this finished enough but may work more on it from some photo refs at the end of the 2nd session.


below a 1 hour head study from Glenn's class.. so much to learn!

Below a 1 hour figure from glenn's and then a trace of it where I idealized shapes more..





below colleen from jw's workshop on monday..



5 min gestures at jw's below

Searching for the "Big Truth"

Below is a close-up of my last nude figure from Adv Figure Painting.. it's too tight, has no edge hierarchy or color harmony and the paint is thin.. one more week on it and we'll see where I get to!!




just a quick under 2 total hour head study of tracie..


Most of these gestures are from Glenn Orbik's heads and figures classes I am now taking on tuesdays.. that Big Truth thing is something George Bridgman talked a lot about with his students I am told.. I have very little handle on the gesture side of things but will do my loomis, bridgman and fixler ( and orbik) practice in the mean time.. there is hope.. ..

below about 2 mins each..

also two mins except for the one on the right.. form SOMArts.. about 20 mins..
head studies from Glen's about 5 minutes - the one on the right about an hour a bit less.. I am happy w/that one!
below from henry's sat class last week..
older gestures on the left.. newer ( tuesday 4 21 09) on the right..