Karen (portrait painting)

New portrait of my lovely wife Karen




Karen
Oil 24" x 18"

More Nude Gestures

Some more Nude Gestures. I really enjoy painting in monochrome. I can really focus on mark making and drawing this way.

Nude Gesture

24" x 12"
Oil / Canvas


I really enjoy doing gestural sketches with monochromatic oils. It's a challenge to get a sense of the shape and form and to say something about the energy of the pose.

Nude Studies

Nude
Oil / Canvas
10" x 20"







Seated Nude Study
Oil / Canvas
8"x10"

Nude Studies

8x10 Oil / Canvas






8x10 Oil / Canvas





9x12 Oil / Canvas

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.

Figure Study

Figure Study
Oil / Canvas
8" x 16"

Been enjoying painting monochromes lately. I usually use a venetian red color mixture but I've been liking Permanent Red Deep with Raw Sienna color mixture for these.

Portrait Painting

Justin
Oil - 11 by 14"

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

Portrait Study

Oil 14 by 18"

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

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

Nude Studies

Below are a couple of Nude studies I've done. Nudes to me are a lot about form and color and light, so I tend to like to put a more abstract contemporary bend to them.

"Standing Nude"
Oil on Canvas
28" by 15"

"Seated Nude"
Oil on Canvas
11" by 14"

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.

Red Study

Oil 10" by 20"

Playing around some more with the red monochrome. I think I'd like to try to do this now with some nudes.

Femme Fatale

"Femme Fatale"
Oil / Canvas
10" by 20"