maps in progress

These are two little pieces of two different map paintings .... in progress. 

itty bitty study of an itty bitty island

 

I love this little island in the middle of my city.  This painting is small, 8"x6".  It was tough to get this little thing to make sense.  The design is simple.  It is more or less three values.  I tried to use some varying brushstrokes to articulate my subject matter.   I think it works.  I'm still deciding. 

a little portrait study progression

 

This is from reference material.  I really wanted to stay loose, keep the shapes big and stay true to my dark-light pattern.  I think my favorite stage here is the third one.  Though I don't have as much of a likeness to my model, I love the simplicity of this one.  I'd like to discipline myself to leave some of these in this state.  

My home

My home in full sunlight.  

land&waterscape

Little study of my favorite little guy taking a dip in one of my favorite spots.

Landscape

I haven't done many landscapes because I haven't been able to personally connect to them through paint though I consider myself to be a nature-lovin' gal. But something changed for me Saturday morning. While taking my early morning bikeride in the fog, I became inspired and felt something very personal in my immediate surroundings. This is a itty bitty one.

Head studies

I worked on these head studies from photos...so my plane information is limited. Trying to really consolidate lights and darks. 

MICROART!

"I took only one bite"
6"x8"
oil on board, $175
Message me if you want it!
(btw, reds are soooo tough to photograph --- the colors are a bit more vivid)

figure studies

figure studies

I've always wanted to paint a portrait of my friend and fellow painter, Ann Seago. I took some photos of her a ways back. She has such striking features and a beautiful presence. This is a little itty bitty one. Ann, you've been on my mind.

Selfie. I returned from a Peggi Kroll Roberts workshop yesterday. She's wonderful. I had some epiphanies!!! Did this SP this morning thinking about what I learned.

Nose & mouth demo done in purple yellow palette in my beloved portrait class. It's kinda funny ignoring the eyes, so not what I'm used to doing.

It's so hard not to glamorize a portrait....i.e. being careful not to make eyelashes heavier-looking than they actually are. I had to keep re-simplifying the lash lines. As I stare at myself in the mirror to do this study, I am reminded of the intriguing episode on symmetry on Radiolab and how asymmetrical we are, I am.

Eye demo

Eye demo from my portrait class.