recent figure drawing at LAA

The Art Students League

I went to the Art Students League of New York last week for two days and sketched these two pieces. I have always liked going to the late afternoon sketch (long pose). Its only 90 minutes but its always a good pose, and the short time-frame forces you to put down just what is essential:

new portrait painting

This is a painting I have just completed. It is life-size and is a follow-up to a painting from a few years ago, here. It is oil on linen.

Here are some of the progress shots:

4. after finishing the Polo shirt and some of the hands:



3. after finishing the shirt and painting most of the faces:



2. after transferring the finished drawing to the canvas and relining it (and then varnishing over it):



1. early stages of the drawing (on paper):

studies

A couple of recent studies from classes at LAA:

two drawings

These are two sketches from this week from classes at the Lyme Art Association:

A.T. Van Laer

This is a charcoal drawing I own by the artist A.T. Van Laer (1857-1920). It has quite darkened with age but I love its mysterious and somber tones.



Here is a photograph of the artist. A native of New York, he studied during his formative years in Holland where he was heavily influenced by Dutch painting. Later in his life he lived and worked in Northwestern Connecticut:

the white pitcher /oil sketch

This is a small 5"x6" oil sketch of a larger painting I am working on. I've already done a colored pencil version here.