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Three little oil practice pieces I did last week on prepped drawing paper for no other reason than just to paint. Oops looks like I got a little glare- argh oil paint. Was just playing around with a limited palette again. But now I’m not sure what it was exactly. But basically Raw umber, cobalt blue, perylene red and yellow ochre. The top face I painted at night under my fluorescent lights, it looked fine that night. But the next day under natural and mixed light it seemed off, but it’s okay. I always paint skin tones during the day when I get a lot of natural light. The fluorescents are color corrected but still not what I like to paint under. So I have north light windows in my studio but I keep some interior lights (4000k leds) on to warm it up just a tad but it’s mostly north light. #contemporaryartist #contemporaryrealism #contemporarypainting #realistart #realistpainting #portraitpainting #portraitart #studiowork
Our model for my Lindale TX workshop last month. She was such a wonderful model and sweet spirit, I decided to give this little quick demo to her. I ask the host to varnish it and surprise her with it, so here she is receiving it last week. 🙏🙏 thank you Mikayla. #artworkshop #artinstruction #learnart #portraitworkshop #artmodel #contemporaryart #allaprima #artstudents
Portrait of Jaime. From our live story today (Friday). Two different shots, the first from my iPhone the second from my Nikon no post editing- quite different results of the same painting, reality is somewhere in between the two images. Thank you all so much for watching I love all your questions and comments I get a real kick out of doing this. And now we even know more about great cheeses thanks to @chrisherreraart 😂😂yeah I mean, who doesn’t like smoked gouda. What a wonderful community of artist you all make, kudos to each and everyone one of you! 🙏🙏 . I worked on this for another 45 mins. Just worked on softening edges and adjusting values. The paint had gotten quite thin around the lips so I thickened that area up and now it fits better with how the eyes are painted (I’m going to practice lips more). But really it was pretty close when we finished with the live feed. See ya next Friday keep painting and drawing. . #contemporaryartist #contemporaryrealism #realistart #realistpainting #portraitpainting #collectart #artdaily #originalart
Another drawing I decided to take much further than I typically do. I didn’t adjust her figure or romanticize it. I kept very close to the real person. And that’s what I like about this- she’s a real person. Someone I know, someone I’ve worked with. And I love her confidence, she doesn’t have a “perfect” figure but she’s happy with herself. It’s the human story it’s us. This is Canson Mi-tientes smooth side with @generalpencil . #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryrealism #realistart #realistdrawing #figuredrawing #dailydrawing #originalart #figurativeart #charcoaldrawings