Category Archives: Figure
Finished seated nude
I am not particularly happy with this. It was an experiment. 18×24″ oil on linen.
New painting start, seated nude
18×24″, oil on linen. Block in day one.
Raven at Art Students League
Final: New painting, day one.
New start, Erin figure
Here is a new figure start. This is a better composition.
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:
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!
Maria figure detail
Head detail. Head size in painting is 2.5 inches.
Second figure painting from the Burton Silverman workshop
Done during Burton Silverman Workshop at art students league.
Burton Silverman demo portrait
This is what Burton Silverman can do in about 15 minutes while talking and answering questions with a random students palette.