Category Archives: Figure

Finished seated nude

Posted on May 11, 2011 by John Colasante

I am not particularly happy with this. It was an experiment. 18×24″ oil on linen.

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New painting start, seated nude

Posted on April 19, 2011 by John Colasante

18×24″, oil on linen. Block in day one.

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Raven at Art Students League

Posted on February 16, 2011 by John Colasante

Final: New painting, day one.

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New start, Erin figure

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

Here is a new figure start. This is a better composition.

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Two simultaneous painting going on

Posted on January 21, 2011 by John Colasante

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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New figure painting

Posted on December 21, 2010 by John Colasante

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 figure detail

Posted on December 17, 2010 by John Colasante

Head detail. Head size in painting is 2.5 inches.

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Second figure painting from the Burton Silverman workshop

Posted on December 9, 2010 by John Colasante

Done during Burton Silverman Workshop at art students league.

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Burton Silverman demo portrait

Posted on December 9, 2010 by John Colasante

This is what Burton Silverman can do in about 15 minutes while talking and answering questions with a random students palette.

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Quick figure study from Burton Silverman workshop

Posted on December 7, 2010 by John Colasante

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