Homage

Brian with Staff (portrait)
Oil on canvas

I had already painting Brian, a model from the Cincinnati Art Club, once in the exact same pose, standing with a staff (See May 2013), so this time I decided to paint a portrait instead of a full figure. I think it came out looking a little Van Gogh-esque.

New Blood

Seated Female Nude (2013)
Oil on canvas

Although I love the frequent models, I kind of get excited whenever I get to paint someone I've never painted before. This lovely, caramel skinned young woman was brand new to modeling, but did a great job. This was the final model I had during the summer Figure Painting class at the Art Academy.

Light Source

Dexter Dozing (2013)
Oil on canvas

Dexter is a frequent model at the Art Academy, a former professional athlete who's in amazing shape. The Instructor set up a weird, misshapen lamp next to him in order to create more dramatic lighting, and I thought it looked so interesting that I decided to incorporate it into the painting.

Stylized

Julia with Shadows (2013)
Oil on canvas

This was actually the first painting I did in the 8-session Figure Painting class with I took with Matt Wright at the Art Academy, but it's the last one of the paintings I did during the sessions that I actually finished. I didn't get very far with the painting in class, but I liked the composition, and the shadows on the wall behind Julia, so I took it home and kept working on it. When I do that, the painting tends to become more stylized.