Washington Park in the fall.

some portraits from photos

these are a flattered a bit by the photos which can even out my blotchy skin tones. The last gal has some eye position problems -poor thing.

his challenge was how the color would fade to near gray in subtle ways- while avoiding muddy color

And one from the Japanese Garden from last year that I've tinkered with a few times.

net photo again -trying some things from a great book of Zhaoming Wu's work I got recently.

-softer darks and blending the subject with the background- also pushing the color here and there.

recent session at Hipbone Studio

Hoyt Arboretum from a while back.

and a copy of a Morgan Weistling I gave my mom.

couple more net kittens:

Port. Japanese garden. The rock on the left is still making trouble for some reason- looks sloppy.

from a net photo- Merced river in CA I think

gaaak! -this layout screen

is just rand

om

another from a Hoyt Arboretum photo.

23X16

a one-nighter figure from Thurs night at Hipbone studio.




















and an Frank Frazetta copy a year or two back. He claims he did these without source material or models- just pulled them out of his head. Amazing.

from a Hoyt Arboretum photo. Color seems a little oversaturated when seen in daylight.

and a copy of a Thayer from last year.

new year

portrait study from a net

photo -at halfway and done.

As is common I've added a couple years to her, but I figure if it were a commision I'd do like the shoe salesmen.

"Trust me, dey'll grow into it"

and a landscape from Crystal Springs Garden

and may I say again

these layout tools are worth every penny.

Sen McCain from a Newsweek cover a while back.

11x14 study of a web kitten.