Two Drawings: Girl in Toboggan & Lib's Eyes

                                                  Lib's Eyes    Pencil on Paper     14" X 11"

                                           Girl in Toboggan    Pencil on Paper     14" X 11"

I mentioned in the previous post that I was doing a lot of drawing lately. Here are a couple of drawings from an Open Life Portrait Group I belong to. We have a new model every week who sits for about 2  1/2 hours and people draw and paint in many different media. I especially like these sessions because we are in a small room (usually not a benefit), so some of us have to sit up front. I'm happy with these conditions which enable me to study the shapes and angles of flesh, bone and features up close.

Holiday Pepper

                                        Holiday Pepper       Oil on Linen Canvas     9" X 7"

                                        Happy Holidays to you!! And a Happy New Year

It's that time of year when maybe you are making resolutions. One of mine is to dig deeper to find the time for that daily painting.  Lately I've been doing a lot of drawing. I go to several Open Life Drawing sessions a week and I've lately become part of a weekly figure painting group. I'll post my first painting done in that group when (if) I finish it. I'm even collaborating with my eight-year old grandson on a painting featuring him in the lead role. He has posed for me AND he has assisted me with the drawing and painting of the work too. He will be visiting for Christmas and perhaps we will have something close to our finished product to share with you soon.

Ashley

                                           Ashley        oil on linen canvas       16" X 16"

I painted this portrait in my figure painting group.  This month,  it has been juried into the All Media Show in The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia.  The show ends on January 2, 2012.
Later in the month, you can see images of all the works in the show using this link: http://www.theartleague.org/content/2011_dec_allmedia

Toaster Challenge

                                        Toaster Challenge      Oil on Linen Canvas     6" X 6"

I did this painting for the Daily Paintworks Challenge to "Paint Your Toaster."  When I was setting the toaster up, it tipped over and the toast fell out.  So, I just painted it that way. It's not shiny, so I tried to make the most of the light patterns and the texture of the toast.