18x24" Oil on oil primed linen board
Ellie from the back 

We don't have a lot of time....on Alla Prima days. I come in late, mess around- chat a lot...generally have fun....because I LOVE this class and the teacher. Anyway, I am not making excuses, just sayin'--- these paintings are small for a reason.....

       What a wonderful model. I love my art friends and the situation- it is extraordinary.

The light in the kitchen is very cool and softened some of the skin tones from what it appears in person. This is Foreshortened nude oil on linen 18x24. One more week until complete.

ahhhh, I am finished with this painting. It feels good. I hope she likes it. I sure am gonna miss these two.

This is 18x24" oil  on oil primed board. Day one of three week pose. Very foreshortened stick I drew- last one to set up.....not much of a choice for beautiful poses. But with this model, it's hard not to get a good view.

Scout for Ginger Stribling! Happy Birthday with LOVE

Scout painting in oil on 11x14" on Italian  Oil primed Linen on board. Faux frame nearly finished. Will post the final later on, this was for her birthday tomorrow.

Alla prima. Beautiful pose........great model........16x20" oil on CHEAP canvas. What a pain that was!! I loved every minute of it. Great day.

Christie oil on cradled board 6x6"

Madsion OIL ON CANVAS 16x20" life size

It is difficult to get a good picture of this painting because of the glare. So I shot this sideways. I would say I have about 6 more hours on it. Hand, arms, feet and a little work on her face. Very close to being finished. Will post the final when I am.

                                                              Getting close to being done.

This is the beginning of Madison. She is one of my very favorite models. Something of her bone structure says "classicism" to me. I can see her translated in a draped gown into some Grecian or Romanesque mythical goddess. yep, that is what I see in her.

When I talk to her, her eyes dart with intelligence. She is bright and shiny but yet she is still at the same time.  I think she is the bomb.

Let's see if I can pull this off over the next few weeks.

I might do a little more work on this if I get a chance. So much to tend to in this picture. Lots of textures and patterns. Very complex. Cleve was a good model. 

Cleve as a Homeless person. Oil on Canvas, 24x36" week three of four

I grew up seeing a big painting of my four cousins painted in the early 1960's by Austrian

Artist Anton Vorauer. His style influenced me from the get go ( I mean really early, like say birth)
. Here  is a detail/sneak peek of  the Twins. A commission portrait underway.  Oil on linen

This is Cleve  oil on panel about 9x12"

Detail

'Beatrice in a Snow Cap' is finished

18x24" Oil on Linen

Live model
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I took this sitting up in the back of my car after class in Atlanta. This is Beatrice day two or week two and there is one more to go.

Oil 18x24"

This is the first of four weeks. The process is interesting. This is the end of the first day

Oil on Linen 18x24" "Beatrice in a Snow Cap"

Alla Prima

                                                     This Beatrice. Oil on panel 8x8"

this painting is finished. Oil on Panel  16x20" "Dancer Resting" and so am I.
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I was able to paint a small alla prima of Chelsea's head and shoulders in the last two hours of class

this is oil on panel and I think it is 8x10"

I don't think she looks much different from last week. She is a little cleaner, tighter, and her head will get a little work next week for about an hour and then I will do another alla prima.  Oil on panel Dancer Resting

Dancer resting
16x20"
Oil on Panel
Day two of four