As is every Christmas and New Years is, this one has been hectic and eventful. Little time has been left for painting. My wife, and I have spent time in the mountains with our family. Some came with us – and others we visited. We have even increased our family by one member (more on […]

Work in Progress: Peaches, Update 6 I’m making some progress on this. Have some more detail in the face, progressing in the right direction. I added a bit of the background in  – and that is helping to define the edges of the body. Most of the background is being laid in with soft pastels, […]

Work in Progress: Peaches, Update 5 More of the head is refined here. I spent more time on the eyes and nose, making more adjustments, deepening the color. Most of the work was with brown ochre (182). I used that color, with a sharp point, to define more of the hair on the right side […]

I was very pleased to learn that I recently received a 1st Runner Up award for my graphite portrait of “Savannah”. A Singular Creation Art Community asingularcreation.com) held a portrait competition entitled “People 7” this fall. The contest was open to all media and all styles in which the human face was portrayed in any […]

Work in Progress: Peaches, Update 4 My stage 1 first drawing resulted in a rough block in of Peaches. From there I went back over and refined the block in by doing a second drawing over the first. I switched from light flesh used in the first drawing to van dyke brown for the second. […]