Merry Christmas

Here's a picture of my new painting for my Christmas post. I started this last Thursday:


I finished my last painting, but the paper's so warped that I can't get a decent photograph of it yet. I'll post a picture once the painting's flattened.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Studio Time

I'll be working in studio 9 in the Torpedo Factory Art Center this holiday season, from December 17 to January 17.
Come and say hi! :-)

Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N. Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

New Painting

I just started this one yesterday:


It's 12.25" x 10". Probably about a third of the way done... I need to finish the hair, do the shirt and background, and then finish the face and neck.

Something Fishy

I thought it would be fun to post pictures of a couple of my Color Theory projects. These are both color progression studies, gouache on bristol board.




I got the idea for this one when... uh... I don't know how I got this idea. I was just in a fishy mood, I guess. :-P

Doodles!

Haven't had the time to start a new painting yet, so here are some doodles.


I doodled this during a group presentation in Sociology last week. Lotta people.


And this was from this morning, again in Sociology. The teacher comes in fifteen minutes late every day, and for some reason, there's a piano in the classroom. So this morning before the teacher came in, a couple of guys were playing the piano. They were pretty good. So we had some nice entertainment for a while before class; we got to hear bits of Für Elise, chopsticks, and some other classical songs, as well as some notes from a Beastie Boys song... I've had that stuck in my head all day. And it's still stuck in my head.

Oh, and here's a picture of my cat, helping me photograph my sketchbook.

Portrait of a Girl

I just realized I haven't posted in two weeks. Oops. Sorry about that. I've been incredibly busy lately. Anyway, here's what I've been working on in between the busyness:


Finished it Sunday. It's about 10"x10".

Thanksgiving Weekend

I will be subletting in the Torpedo Factory next weekend. My work will be in Studio 9 from the 24th to the 26th, and I'll be there Friday and Sunday. Hope to see you there! :-)

Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N Union Street
Alexandria VA 22314

Untitled

No title yet, but done nonetheless:


Finished it last Saturday.

Doodles

Doodles from Geology last night:



And doodles of a group presentation in Sociology this morning:

Red and Green...

Started this one last week. I'm about 3/4 the way done on it... Just need to finish the hand and jewelry and then do some touchups. The paper's getting really warped, so it's a pretty distorted photo, but once the painting's done I'll post a better pic.

You Can Tell It's Monday...

... because my car broke down. It's deader than a doorknob. Oh, and one of the door handles just broke, too.
Better to be stranded at home than by the road, though.

Anyway, because I was stranded at home with nothing to do, I broke out my oil paints and did this:


I've been meaning to do an oil painting, but every time I thought of doing it, I didn't have the time. Today, though, I had so much time on my hands I hardly knew what to do with it.

Katie in Shades

Katie in Shades, 26" x 15.5"


Katie in Shades (detail)

Shades (In Progress)

About 3/4 the way done... I just need to finish the hair and the shirt.

Portrait of Katie (Finished)

Shades (In Progress)

Shades

Started this one today -


26.25 x 15.5

Also finished the Portrait of Katie, but I don't have a photo of it yet. I'll post a picture of it soon.

Mini Update

Updated with a better photograph of Katelynn.

Another Sketch

Here's a sketch I did a couple nights ago in Geology... Just a bunch of doodles of the professor's hands. He gestures a lot while he talks, so it's really fun to try to draw his hands as he makes a point.

Portrait of Katie (In Progress)

17" x 16"

Portrait of Conner

17" x 15"

Finished it Sunday.