Saturday, January 31, 2009

Shooting Gallery


What I liked about this kid is his red hair and that he was shooting at clowns.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Kids


This is the second picture I've painted of the kids at Simon's wedding.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Young Violinist

I actually painted this once before but this time the background is a simple burnt umber/ultramarine mix. Last time there was a room interior and I think I even threw in a teddy bear.
The model is Ysa several years ago.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Check this out

My friend has started a painting blog at http://grnaylorpaintings.blogspot.com/ . His work is really lovely.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Soren with Duckling

Soren with Duckling used a pre-dreadlocks reference photo. Everytime I paint Soren, I am sort of striving for something like the Henri Fantin-Latour self-portrait below. That is where the gold background came from anyway. Because my only gold paint was acrylic, the background was done in acrylic with the forground in my usual medium: water soluble oils.