Click to Bid, 6 by 10 inches, Acrylic on acid free illustration board
Showing posts with label figure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label figure. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Monday, December 12, 2022
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Woman in Shadow
I certainly enjoy painting skin tones with the airbrush.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Stormy Weather
Brick and plastic are two of my favorite surfaces to paint. So I really did enjoy doing this one.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Nude Study # 8
Back in the mid 1980's I did some graduate studies at the University of Missouri. After an introduction to a drawing class I found that most of the sketching would be from nude models. Over the course of the class we drew every conceivable pose possible. Every kind of foreshortened pose was done. I became very frustrated with drawing the nude. Years have passed and now I'm painting the nude figure again. This time I've decided to take a creative approach in the painting process of the nude.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Figure Study in Darkness
Skin tones for me are always easier if I paint them frequently. Thanks to characterdesigns.com for the reference photos.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Dancing with Myself
The title to this painting is from a Billy Idol song. I decided to keep the background in cool colors to compliment the warms of the figure. The background is done with Spectrum Art Tissue which bleeds color when moistened. The photo references of the figure are from the website characterdesigns.com.
Monday, July 13, 2015
He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
This is another painting in the "3-D meets 2-D series". The background is actually a toy metal tray from a children's play set from the 1950's. I positioned the Fisher Price figure in front of the tray as I painted the still life.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Cath in Shadows
I was compelled to paint this artwork because of the challenge of painting the fabric. In areas of light the fabric is almost transparent while in shadows the fabric is more opaque.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Nude Study # 6
This is another painting from my most recent series of nudes. My goal was to use a more natural skin tone.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Nude Study # 7
Natural skin tones continue in this next series of nude paintings.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Nude Study of Candie
This is the last nude painting in the current series. Once again in this painting as in the entire series I worked toward more natural skin tones.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Nude Study of Brunette Model
Once again I painted this artwork to suggest more natural skin tones.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Nude Study of Ann
On this next series of nudes I worked toward more natural skin tones with stronger lighting.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Nude Study of Val
This is the second post for this painting. I previously showed the step by step procedure involved in painting this artwork.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Step by Step Painting of "Nude Study of Val"
Step 1. The frisket film is applied and the lines are cut with an x-acto knife.The film is then removed from the background. The background is painted using three colors.
Step 2. The background is covered with the frisket that was removed in Step 1. The hair is still covered with frisket.
Step 3. This is a picture of the frisket that covered the body while the background was painted.
Step 4 through 13. The skin colors are applied light to dark. In Step 6 you can see the poster board stencil that was used to make the shape on the buttocks.
Step 14 through 16. The frisket is reapplied to the body and the film is removed from hair. The hair is sprayed in layers. All the frisket film is removed. A small conventional brush is used to apply details.
The final finished painting.
I want to let my blog followers know that I will be taking a brief break from painting. I will post more new paintings the week of July 21st.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Nude Study of Blonde Model
The painting of the hair was also done with airbrush in this artwork. I usually use conventional brushes to apply the paint to the hair.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Trish In Shadows
This is a favorite nude painting of mine. I feel that way because of the position of the model's arms and body and the use of shadow.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Seated Nude
Once again I mixed the skin tones toward the yellow-orange range. The purple background makes the skin tones more prominent.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Mandie
Once again I've painted the skin tones using more yellows and oranges.
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