Since August, I guess. Shameful

a couple landscapes that didn't stink- a lot more did.
Powell Butte and Hoyt Arboretum




a couple one-night sessions at Hipbone Studio

couple of the better head studies

and a copy of Waterhouse's Lady of Shalott started with high spirits last Sept that has quite worn out its welcome. It was laid out from a magazine two page image with a grid -no drawing errors this time. Apart from that whole staple fold thing. By the time I got to detail in the lap/gunwale line I saw it was all too long and her body twisted. Had to fudge her thigh to keep it from being freakishly long.

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A couple from my shots -Cape Lookout and Hoyt Arboretum. The more recent painting photos benefit from a new camera -10MP upgrade from 4.


Couple from Hipbone Studio -The August sessions were suspended for lack of participants. Temporary I hope.

Found photo I think

Copy of Biondina (Frederick Leighton I think) Perspective of the eyes didn't quite work but I brought it to a finish I don't usually do anyway.

Think these last two were both Wet Canvas Images.

Most of these were images from Wetcanvas.com


a winter creek - should have had more aerial perspective in the distance, but some of it works



from California oak and grassland country. Had fun with brushwork here



young Quebecois lad, done yesterday



more indulgent brushwork. Wet transparent darks followed by more opaque lights with a soft flat bush, much like..



from a professional photo clipped somewhere. Don't think I posted before.

from web photo...

again a found photo

a Hipbone Studio session a few months back

a photo from Sunriver this summer, probably the only usable shot I got. I like much of the rocks and foreground, but the light rocks on the left took about 5 tries

a couple from Crystal Springs garden this summer, both done in the last month

this one got a little cluttered in the upper right

some portrait studies:

landscapes from photos

and some figure work from found photos

this last needs some brightening up. could happen.

Think I'd post more often if this layout software weren't so dreadful.

A few more portrait studies

A Hipbone studio session a while back. Some issues with proportions, alas.

And a couple from a Feb. photo trip to the coast.


Got a really nice sequence on Cape Lookout as the sun was poking through the fog.

been doing some cruddy stuff lately but among the better:

a horsey thing from a google photo

more portrait studies

and a couple from photos from wetcanvas.com

spent some time on the latter -maybe 8-10 hours.

it was such a well lit and composed photo