About Face

2012-02-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted but you don't think I've stopped painting faces do you? Heres a bunch and a few more coming soon....

Kate

dropped this one - smudged the chin, below is a quick little 6x6" which I like so much more than the first. BTW - this is Kate Huntington , who is the artist who has been hosting the painting group I go to and is a great artist in her own right - check out some of her work HERE.

Kah

Chrissy

Mark Taber

Zane

Bev

Kerry

2011-12-13T13:05:00.000-08:00

Painted "one of us" this week. Kerry is one of the regular monday night portrait painters.

You can see his work HERE

Roark and Tish Adams

2011-12-06T16:13:00.000-08:00

Roark - these were taken with an iphone, I'll switch out to better photo soon.

Tish Adams - check her out HERE

Julie and Mark

2011-11-17T10:12:00.000-08:00

2 this week. - yay! that makes 50 for the wall

Julie

2011-11-09T08:40:00.000-08:00

Wicked

2011-10-31T08:53:00.000-07:00

feeling like the face wall needs a little spice

Mike

2011-10-26T11:58:00.000-07:00

So I dropped this on my way up to my studio and some of the background paint smudged on the sides of his hat. Thats why the hat looks all blurry/blue. Oh Well.
You can see a pic. of the model and the portrait pre-smudge HERE

Mike (2)

2011-10-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

switched my spot a bit and did this quick one.

Chris

2011-10-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

Däna

2011-10-04T12:05:00.000-07:00

This one I like.
Everytime the model has piercings I debate painting them in or not - went for it this time.
she's got 3 - lip,nose and ear.

the face wall

2011-09-29T16:05:00.000-07:00

Nadia

2011-09-27T12:08:00.000-07:00

Nadia is a beautiful model - I love painting her.

Deb

2011-08-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

I painted this over an old painting which is the reason for the bumps down her face...happy with this one though. She was easy peasy to paint - Thanks Deb!

and here is a picture of my typical setup -

Judy

2011-08-09T08:47:00.000-07:00

Many thanks to Judy - who answered my facebook model call!

Harrison

2011-08-07T16:34:00.000-07:00

Grace

2011-07-20T10:08:00.000-07:00

grace#1 - painted this one first, then did grace#2 during the last 45min. of our session - much looser,more color...
think I like it better...maybe not.

Nick

2011-06-28T07:49:00.000-07:00

painted my son Nick last night - after finishing the 10x10 for my wall of portraits, I did another and actually like it better (more painterly,less drawing)

below are some of the other portraits painted last night by (from left to right) Rob Rey, Kerry Smith and Devin Reilly

Christin

2011-06-21T06:59:00.000-07:00

Painted my beautiful friend Christin last night -

first time painting with a group in my narrow studio space - a little tight but doable. thanks to everyone for coming!

Gerry

2011-06-14T09:43:00.000-07:00

missed last week - hate when that happens. I really like painting these faces.
This week - we painted Gerry - and below here he is with his portrait.

Lindsey

2011-05-24T11:39:00.000-07:00

Super speedy last night, I got alot done in the first 30 min. and ended up leaving it alone after that initial block in.

Tom

2011-05-17T09:22:00.000-07:00

Nadia

2011-05-11T13:38:00.000-07:00

Great features huh? Made the job of painting her easy

Danielle

2011-05-05T09:32:00.000-07:00

Love that our model showed up in this great fascinator hat!
Perfect after my marathon of Royal Wedding watching.

Bev

2011-05-05T09:30:00.000-07:00

Steve

2011-04-19T11:34:00.000-07:00

Steve is one of the artists that paints with our group.

Lauren

2011-04-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

something clicked with this one. Lauren has this great head of red hair - a real treat to paint and then she had on its compliment -blue! perfect. Fun painting her.

Ronald

2011-04-06T06:50:00.000-07:00

Trevor

2011-03-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

10x10 oil on panel. Love this one. I've been struggling lately with these portraits but this one flowed, in fact it was easy. -Favorite part? - that eye on the right. yum.

Speaking of his eyes - he looks kinda bad ass right? There was a time when he must have been thinking about something or he was growing tired and that was what I picked up on and painted. I normally do the eyes in one pass, once I dive into them.

Looking around the room at all his other portraits, it was like everyone picked up a different side - serene, friendly,chill. All different, all well done last night - thanks Trevor.

Marly

2011-03-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

Such a pretty name for a very pretty wowan. She was difficult to paint and many of us wrestled with our paintings of her.

Sara

2011-03-16T07:55:00.000-07:00

Instead of a traditional portrait sitting we had a 3 hour nude pose instead. Which was great because I haven't tackled that since college and nothing beats working on flesh tones to improve your painting skills.
Still couldn't resist banging out a portrait :)
You can see the rest of her HERE

Nico

2011-02-22T09:48:00.000-08:00

Hank

2011-02-17T09:51:00.000-08:00

some times you just have to mix it up :)

Brian

2011-02-16T08:24:00.000-08:00

Brian treated our painting group to a song on guitar - talented guy, such a gift to get some live music along with the painting. loved it.

Tasha

2011-02-09T09:47:00.000-08:00

10x10 oil on panel
Tasha - with piercings (eye brow and lower lip)
after this, I had more time on the clock and painted THIS

RJ

2011-02-02T08:31:00.000-08:00

10x10" oil on panel.
RJ did a really good job sitting the other night - everyone in the group did a great portrait of him.
Personally, I found him super easy to paint - maybe it was the cup of coffee I had, but I breezed through this one. Totally loving the hoodie.
Nothing beats painting from a live model - especially in a group setting. I'ld like to do more of it - which is why I want to host an open portrait painting session in my space one night a week - locals contact me if you are interested!

Nick

2011-01-28T11:18:00.000-08:00

Nick - my eldest. this is done from a photo - its not easy getting teens to sit still for their mom

Nadia

2011-01-25T11:46:00.000-08:00

Nadia - another beautiful model from the open portrait group.

Dorrett

2011-01-18T07:11:00.000-08:00

10x10" oil on panel. love the purple scarf . Great model, hope she sits for us again.

Scott profile

2011-01-11T12:46:00.000-08:00

30 min. sketch of Scott's profile

Scott

2011-01-11T12:44:00.001-08:00

scott - model last night at open painting studio. this took about a 90 min.

2- Chip

2011-01-02T12:08:00.000-08:00

10x10 oil on panel. Chip - About Face #2 painted from life - 30 quick min. not perfect but not to bad for that short amount of time....

Grammy - about face #1

2011-01-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

10x10" oil on panel. #1
My Grammy turned 93 yesterday. Thought her portrait would be the perfect way to kick of this project.