Karen (portrait painting)

New portrait of my lovely wife Karen




Karen
Oil 24" x 18"

"Jess" Portrait Painting

Jess
Oil 24" x 18"

Me and several other artist in town have been getting together to paint the figure / portrait from life every Tuesday night. This is a recent portrait I did. Jess did a great job modeling for us!

Jane

Jane
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Jack Painting Demo

To start, I made a rough drawing. Making dry brushed marks that are not fully committed to the location of shapes and edges. You can "sneak up" on more accurate marks later this way.

Blocking in the shadow shapes here. This is where the more committed drawing takes place. It's thin so there's still room for adjustments. Observing how the shadows are connected here.

Blocking in the background. The background is real simple, so why not get it all in first.

The full block in. Getting in all the basic planes.

From here you can move in for the placement of the features. Things still aren't fully committed yet to their location and size relationships. That's the great thing about oils, you can take a brush and move it around on the surface until it's in the right spot.

I haven't placed in my darkest darks or dark accents in the face yet or even my brightest brights in it either. I wanted the in between values placed first and then carve out the high and low values.

Jack
Oil / Canvas
9"x12"

The final painting. From the block in to the final you can see what was adjusted how the darks and lights were added to define the form more.

I used the palette knife to sharpen some edges. Generally, I'll work from thin to thick in paint and soft to crisp in edges. Although, it doesn't matter how you start your edges, you could start with all sharp and then soften them in the end.

Monochrome Portrait

Oil / Canvas
14" x 11"

This portrait came from an old photograph I found. I love old photos, the characters and expressions in them I find very interesting. This guys wild hair and piercing expression caught my eye.

New Portrait Painting

Oil / Canvas
24" x 30"

Photos of My Studio / Gallery

Fine Art Views. Finalist Top 15%

I'm excited to announce my painting "Kauffman" was chosen as a finalist in the top 15% for the Fine Art Views Painting Competition!

Follow the link to see the entries. It's an honor to be selected among such great art!

The Painting

The Finalists

Portrait Study - Kauffman

Kauffman
Oil / Canvas
18 by 24"

Portrait Painting

Justin
Oil - 11 by 14"

A portrait I did recently of my friend Justin.
He has an interesting job chasing Tornadoes!

Mr. Max

Oil / Canvas
10 by 12"

Portrait Study

Oil 14 by 18"

Portrait Pencil Sketch

Alice

Oil- 11 by 14"

Below is the preliminary sketch I did before the painting...

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New Book Available

I'm happy to announce my new book of my artwork. It contains 34 full page images of my original paintings.


Follow the Link HERE to check it out

Jack

Oil on wood plaque
8 1/2 by 11 1/2"

Bella

Oil on Wood Plaque
8 1/2 by 11 1/2"

it's available HERE

Exclusive Scott Burdick Painting Demo

A while back I did an interview for tlc magazine with one of my favorite artists Scott Burdick. Today I'm sharing the painting demonstration he did for the interview which hasn't been seen on the net.

"Curious" Tibet - oil, 40" by 26"

Be sure to visit Burdick's site for more work

Standing Figure

"Standing Figure"
Oil 11" by 14"

I had done this one a couple years ago. Came across it while looking through my stash of artwork and thought that it still had some potential, so I worked on it some more, adding color and changing some things to make it better than what it was.

Doing this actually isn't unusual for me. I'll pick up a painting I've started maybe a few weeks ago and finish it a while later quite often. Sometimes doing a painting in one sitting isn't always enough.

Portrait Sketch

"Portrait Sketch" Oil 12" by 10"