Catching Up

I haven't posted my work in quite a long time! I have been busy with both drawing and painting, so I'll share some things. I started the year returning to the Still Life. Most of the paintings I did were a bit of a disaster, but they are leading me where I want to go, so I am glad about that! I spent a good amount of time outside working from the landscape as well. If you look at the palette, it is piled with old paint. I have finally gotten my self under control! I have redesigned my easel and palette system, and now clean my palette for greater control of the colors. The last painting is a sketch of my students drawing. I have had some fun drawing or painting them while they are outside working on their landscapes!

Oil Painting of Yale Forest

This is a large oil painting created from sketches and previous studies of the Yale Forest in Ashford CT

Wolves for Beauty and the Beast

Completed masks and costumes for "The Beauty and the Beast"

Oil Sketches

More Oil paintings developed from previous drawings in my sketchbooks.

Tug Boat Oil

I have been wanting to develop a few oil paintings, so I have been pulling out my recent sketchbooks as well as going through some my old ones from recent years. This is a 16x20 oil that I created from a sketch. I spent time exploring boatyards with my sketchbook in tow, so I have a pretty good supply of material that I can draw from in terms of developing paintings.

Sketch Studies

I spent some time outside in the cold making studies this past week. I am hoping to have a few quality sketches that I can turn into paintings. Here are some samples.

Progress of the Italian Village

This is the backdrop in progress that sits in my classroom. This is from the sketch I had posted at an earlier date. It is 8'x12'.