Acrylic Sewing Pattern Painting

I have been doing lots of abstract collages using old sewing patterns as an element. I love their color and the lines, arrows and directions on them. They are thin and crumple like tissue adding texture. I decided to try using them in a landscape painting. This is the result.

Painting of Anthony

Here is a painting of a model named Anthony. I also posted a close up.

Painting a New Model

We had a model that I hadn't painted before. She was great! She has a shaved head which delighted all of us when we were doing the fast sketches. You would be surprised how complex the shape of the head really is. the long pose was very pensive and I had a lot of fun painting it.

Seascape

Did a couple of seascapes after a trip to the Sea of Cortez...

Steampunk Portrait

Well she did it again! Crystal showed up to model with this cool steampunk eye patch. It was a challenge to paint her portrait when part of her face was covered. She had her arm up on the high back of a chair so her hand pulling the drape is a bit awkward because of the extreme angle of her shoulder. It was a lot of fun painting her even with those issues. I just love it when she is on the schedule because you never know how she will show up.

Figure Paintings

Here are a couple of recent figure paintings. One girl turned tropical on me. Must be getting in the mood for the second annual Tastes of Hawaii luau at the studio on First Friday! The second one has two models who seem to be having some issues between them! She seems to be mad and he is sad...Both are acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper from live models.

Still Life Painting

OK Call me a wimp, but plein air painting when it is 112 degrees is just a bit much. So instead my pals and I stayed indoors and painted a still life. Lots of lessons can be learned when trying to capture the textures of the different objects, make a pleasing composition, keep the colors bright and the strokes fresh. Although you are not a slave to time like you are in the changing outdoors we did our work in three hours just like the plein air sessions. I think it helped to keep us moving and not fussy.This Tiki still life is 16x20 oil.