some more portrait studies

this a Norman Rockwell copy: like the eyes but the mouth got a little twisty. It's hard to embrace the schmaltz he dealt in but he sure could paint.

been a regular at Hipbone Studio lately. Some of these suffer from difficulty seeing facial detail

from 20 feet, especially eyes.

some scale issues on the last -gave her a withered arm.

a Washington Park landscape which I've fussed over for 2 months. It defies an accurate photo.

a still life from a WetCanvas image -pretty much all with a flat soft brush. It went so well, unlike my

usual still lifes I figured I'd throw together one of my own.

Which became one of those time traps that I dread. The more I fuss with detail the deader it all gets.

a Morgan Weistling copy. Love his "casual" brushwork, which inspired some of the following:

from some Rennaisance Fair images I snagged from Google, more to follow.

Cutest little girl -she looks like Peppermint Patty

the only Hipbone Studio I've done in the last 6 months

a found photo of Big Sur

and another of the Sedona area (don't bust me if you know the photographer)

and portraits in plenty

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.

24X28

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.