Tag: sketch

  • 12 minute panic portraits

    I’ve been sitting with a cool group of artists in Portland, Maine.  We meet for two hours and take turns posing for the very short time of 12 minutes. It’s alla prima practice and I love it. Results vary!

    Fall 2021

    5/15/19

    4/3/19


    3/6/19


  • Morgan

    Morgan, 17
    30 minute portrait
    5-5-18

  • Sketching at Bentley’s

    Just love the rich variety of folks at Bentley’s.

  • Evening Sketch

    Last night’s moon peeked through the branches of my scraggly tree

  • Waiting ….. Traffic school

  • Waiting

    Doodle buddy comes to my rescue during a boring wait in traffic court. 

  • Practice: A Work in Progress

    These 20-minute alla prima studies portray characters from my current tv addiction. I set a timer, use a limited palette of acrylics, and one brush… my trusty #4 filbert. 
    I’m happiest when I achieve a likeness with few revisions. I really enjoy working full speed with one brush, without concern for small details, but tradeoffs with certain features (blobby eyes, meh….) can be disappointing. Some are created even faster, in about 10 minutes with the leftover palette of a first piece.

    Practice: A Work in Progress
    8 x 10 inch alla prima studies
    Acrylic on canvas
    2013-2014

  • iPad in the Figure Studio

    I decided to venture over to Hipbone Studio with my iPad2. I’d just downloaded Sketchbook Pro, and am still adapting to the tool. I look forward to the day I can draw and paint with less effort – changing brush size, opacity, color still feel cumbersome. It’s a great app, but I do wish there were a fabulous pressure-sensitive stylus. This looks incredibly promising: Jaja.

    Sketchbook’s set of Bug brushes come in handy to keep the blog family-friendly.

    30 minute pose

    10 minute pose

  • Max Folks

    Riding the Max, obsessed with my device. Watching folks watching their devices.

     
    Created on iPad 2 with SketchBook Express, by Autodesk

  • The Last Summer


    with Netflix in my mailbox. Or maybe not – I adore Netflix. In any case I  was moved to take out my oil pastels and mess around; it’s inevitable that someday DVDs will go the way of VHS.