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.

The Singing Boy

Jack Montmeat "The Singing Boy" oil on linen on panel 10"x12" 2011


And here is a photograph of the model with his portrait in the early stages:

figure study

a preparatory sketch for a figure painting we are doing in class:

late summer on the lieutenant river

This a landscape I just finished that I had been working on whenever possible for the last month:



I started it with a pencil line drawing:

portrait commission

This is a small portrait commssion I painted about two years ago as a gift. The setting is South America: