Author Archives: John Colasante

New Portrait (again)

Two hours from life 9×12″.

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Portrait – One day

I will attempt to do 3-4 portraits this week. Each one two hours. Here is the first.

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Raven Portrait Day III-IV

Final: Update:

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Raven Portrait Day II

Model Raven at Art Students League, Day 2 work in progress. Trying to focus on planes of the head and good shape reads.

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Raven at Art Students League

Final: New painting, day one.

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Portrait Progress – opaque color

Adding opaque color to the portrait. Day two.

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Two simultaneous painting going on

For the next several weeks I’ll be working on two paintings at the same time, alterneting days. One will be a portrait and the other will be the figure. Same model, Erin. Here are the layins:

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1/2 Portrait

They say a profile is only 1/2 of a portrait. So here is a 1/2 portrait. One sitting, from life.

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New figure painting

I primed a piece of portrait linen with acrylic gesso and taped it to a board. Session 1: Block in for a new figure painting. Paint is applied as a thin wash. Session 3: Opaque color proceeding. Finish!

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Maria portrait

One sitting alla prima from life. Maria oil on canvas panel. 9×12″

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