some new ones, and April's portrait

a couple of nearly finished oil paintings, and an oil portrait approx 100 minutes, from our open portrait group.

March Portrait

this month's 2 hour portrait, 600 x 500

Acrylic Portrait

I don't normally like trying to finish a portrait with acrylic, but thought I'd have a go at finishing this one started at our weekly figure session.

acrylic on A2 paper

a couple of new paintings

a study of Ruby, acrylic/oil on A3 paper


a 60 minute painting of a model from our life group, oil, A2

monthly portrait

back to our monthly portrait group, the first since November.
the sitter for this 100 minute oil painting was Chris from http://www.rockinghorses.com.au/

from the last couple of weeks

some paintings I have been working on in the last couple of weeks

January Plein Air and Figurative

Finally getting back to some plein air painting... Wheeney Creek


and looking for a new direction in Figurative paintings

a new series?

an idea for a series of paintings?

landscapes

some landscapes

a new year

I've neglected the blog for a while...
some things I have been working on lately

pastel studies

a couple of pastel studies

Life drawing & Portrait

a 15 minute charcoal life drawing 14 x 17

and this month's regular 2 hour portrait, oil 24 x 20

Portrait Demo at the Deerubbin Centre

This weekend the Macquarie Towns Art Society had an Exhibition and 'Artists at Work' demonstrations. I did an oil portrait again this year, this time with Sarah as the model
24 x 18 oil, 100 minutes

pastel portraits

I have been continuing the pastel experiment by trying them in our weekly figure group, where I usually try and get a portrait if there is enough time.
these are a 35 minute and a 40 minute pose, which I have touched up some more at home. A2 paper

young busker

oil 20 x 16

some recent paintings

some recent portraits, a plein air painting, and a dabble with pastels

acrylic portrait and plain air's

from this week, a chance to get out and try some more plain air painting, and a 40 minute portrait at our local figure session, which I was able to add a finishing touch to at home.

monthly portaits

here is this month's 2 hour portrait, 20 x 16 oil,
and last months 20 x 16 oil...
which I have spent a little time refining
... but still have some more to do.

10 minute portraits 22nd April

Nice weather... three of the 26 portraits from this Sunday

life drawing April 19

20 minute sanguine pencil on A2 gessoed paper from Thursdays group