Friday, November 29, 2013

Painting a Still Life part 2

This is part 2 of my demo video on painting a still life. Part 2 deals with finishing the drawing, applying fixative, and giving the panel a light umber wash to tone it:


Monday, November 25, 2013

Painting a Still Life video

This is part 1 of a demonstration video I am putting together on painting a still life. Part 1 features drawing the composition directly on the wood panel in pencil:


Wednesday, November 20, 2013

LAA portrait painting

I have my portrait demo from my class at the Lyme Art Association posted underneath, I didn't get too far with it. But my student, Mary Mellot, got very far in her study as you can see. You can see some more of her artwork here.



my unfinished study:

Sunday, November 17, 2013

LAA projects

After toning the canvas with a mixture of raw
umber and ivory black, working section by section
in full color with two layers


A black and white oil study of some basic
forms we are working on in class.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Tennis Video

This isn't art related, but when I'm not painting I am an avid tennis player. Here is a tennis training video I made for youtube: