Annual Life Drawing Exhibit

Come by this Saturday February 8th!  

Over 20 artists are in the life drawing show.

I'll be there with my three portraits from 1-3pm. 

35 Hazelton Lanes, Yorkville, Toronto.

Cheers ya'll!

Art Show!

Tomorrow Night is the opening of the Don Valley Group Art Show. I'll be there 7-9pm. Over 100 paintings from as many artists. Phew!

May 8th at 67 Pottery Road Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills. Toronto. Come by and say Hi!

quiet thought

8x10" watercolour painting

Still pluggin' away and trying to find my place in the world of portraiture!

Portraits, Portraits, Portraits!

Another Sunday at the Don Valley Art Club doing portraits of fellow artists. This group is great! We sit for each other for 25 minute sessions. So, we get a lot done. : )

(Click on pics to see one after the other).

I think this one was most successful. The first photo is how it looked after 25 minutes of painting in the studio. Once at home, I added a bit of ear, some hair top right, a bit of purple to the glasses and a bit more green to the shirt. I would like to 'fix' parts of the face however, without the model, I dare not! I'm happy with the freshness of it.

Here's another - 

Again, the first is after 25 minutes of studio painting with the model. At home, I got rid of the blue blob on the top left of her head! Then I barely touched up the eye, which I never did get right since her hair was covering parts of it, but painting her hair was a blast! : ) Finally, I softened her shirt at the neck. Again, I'd like to do more, but not without the model.

I'm very happy with the resemblance of this one! Although I think I made the mistake of painting it in 'pieces'.

Finally, with this last one, I let myself experiment with the shadow side. Lots of purples and blues. I think a male portrait can take a lot more dark shadow whereas a female portrait needs a lighter touch.

Learned lots!!!!

first day back

Well, I tried something new at my Life Drawing Session today. I thought I'd start the year off by switching it up!

workin' hard and havin' fun

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I was asked, along with 4 other painters, to do a watercolour painting demonstration from life. Here we are painting the lovely model (I couldn't resist adding the other artists!) That's me in stripes. Fellow members of the art group walked around and watched, asked questions, ate cookies and had fun! 

$70 - 8"x10" watercolour painting.

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Fellow Artist Fellas

click on image to see it nice and big!

I was thinking about line, design, colour spots, and achieving darks... and the next thing I knew, I made Derek (right) look like Harry Potter in 30 years!!!

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