More Figure paintings...

Handful of digital figure paintings from FEWS & The Southern Atelier... 

Model with invented tattoo shapes

More figure experimentation from RCAD.

Watercolor & graphite in Leuchtturm 1917 Dotted Notebook.

Model with Apollonian Gasket - FEWS

More figure experimentation from FEWS @ RCAD.

Graphite in Leuchtturm 1917 Dotted Notebook / digital.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_gasket

Super Secret Figure Painting Group

Digital figure paintings...

More digital Figure Paintings...  

Emma in profile

Tossing another figure study onto the pile... from the Friday open sessions @ the Southern Atelier. 

~2.5 hrs, Photoshop. 

Super Secret Figure Painting Group

Digital figure painting from the Super Secret Faculty Figure Painting Group at RCAD. 

~3hrs. 

FEWS

Digital painting from FEWS @ RCAD; battery ran out before the end of the session. 

I hope to have a more substantive update soon; I need to get on this thang. 

LOBA

Head study of my friend Marissa; oil 9"x12" panel, Photoshop.

3 versions, calibration issues. 

Peacock

I stopped by GCA last night to visit Scott Waddell, and I took the opportunity to sketch a bit while there. The model had an excellent peacock feather tattoo that spiraled down her arm; the drawing does it little justice. I sincerely enjoyed her haircut too.

Graphite / white watercolor pencil on recycled paper, mild digital tomfoolery.

The Saturday Sessions

I've been getting together with the inimitable Dorian Vallejo for figure painting over the past few Saturdays. Also in attendance were the highly-skilled Jacques Bredy (also a fantastic vegan cook!), Richard Scarpa, and several other NJ & NY-based artists.


Here are the results of a couple of my efforts. Each was a 5-6 hour pose, oils on gessoed/acrylic-toned illustration board, ~10"x16". I felt rusty, but it was great fun; I hope to keep it up.

Foot study

Amidst my morning rush, I forgot my large drawing pad for this evening's class at GCA. I tried to make the most of things by doing a smallish foot study- they had been giving me trouble. I need to practice that crazy atelier-style graphite rendering technique. The contours got a little out of hand too. Patience...

I'm in this class 5 nights a week for the rest of the month; combined with the day job, it's pretty intense, but it's excellent practice. I can feel myself slouching more and more from the lack of physical exercise though. My kingdom for an extra 4 hours a day...

Sketch Dump

Just dropping off a handful of sketches... the figure drawings are from Jersey City Art School. Come out and draw- Thursday Nights, 7:30-10:00!

Self Portrait, Sept. 2009

Self portrait done this afternoon- graphite in front of bathroom mirror. I'm not sure why I tend to hold my head like that... maybe it's mild scoliosis, maybe I just sleep weird. *shrug*

Figure dump

Portrait from GCA;
sketches from 58 Gallery
and Spring Studio.

These were fun, but I feel I should focus on doing more finished work sometimes.

JULIA

Another portrait study from GCA, desperately in need of a coat of varnish. Threw some digital silliness on top for the hell of it.

Moldy Golden Oldie

Self-Portrait from November 2004; I haven't done one of these in a while.

Oil on panel, approx. 30 x 40cm

Portrait Class

Head study from Waddell's class @ the Grand Central Academy. I'm using masonite for the next one; the weave of this linen kept getting in the way.

Portrait Class

portrait from the waddell class at the grand central academy of art. need some work on my color.

figure drawing dump

sketches from the society of illustrators sketch night