Process
In progress
I’ve spent the past four weeks getting my house ready for our new roommate, my son due to arrive on 9/21. I found some old sketchbooks and a ton of notes of painting ideas. If I get the time, I’ll post some stuff. The scanner works sometimes, as evidenced by my recent Dr. Sketchy’s post.
Meanwhile, here’s some color studies from the next painting. The soundtrack is Stone Roses.
Daily Sketch + painting series
Today’s sketch(es)
Also, I’m working on a series, here’s how far I’ve gotten.
I don’t shoot a series all at once, I actually shoot poses for several series with a model and then let the series come together over the years as I match the right model to the series. So, I’ve been working on this series for six years. I have all the rest of the paintings for this series on canvas, ready to be painted. I’d like to finish it this month.
This series has kind of been my main thesis, about portraying feminine strength and confidence. I’ll write more about how I got here when I’m complete, but for now, that’s a peak into how this works and the long term plan I started back on ’03 when Trish asked, “why don’t you try to get a gallery show?”
Painting Study. Reflections series. Stoya
Here’s a sketch I did in preparation for a new painting for a new series I’ve been working on for a few years. Just getting to paint it now.
In this one, the model is Stoya. She’s gorgeous, and has very defined features, but for some reason though I’m very good at capturing people’s likenesses, I’m hit or miss when I draw Stoya. I think it’s because her features are very subtle. Part of the beauty. It also allows her to create many different looks.
I’ve got a likeness drawn on the canvas now that I’m happy with, I’ll post a picture of it later. For now, here’s a breakdown. It’s not so flattering, but it will help me later when I paint.
