Peter

Painting days are always rewarding.  Today I spent the day working on the head.  The morning was working with my Asaro head.  It is a plastic head that shows all the planes. It makes it easier to see how the light is carried over the surface of the skull.  

In the afternoon I had a model who is my dear friend Mary's grandson, Peter.  He was a good sport and sat for a few hours.  I got out my pastels and started working.  I was happy to capture him.

12x9, pastel on Pastelmat

SOLD

JAKE

6x6, oil

This was a quickie at the end of the model session on Monday.  I totally loved just putting down the paint.  My thing for the day was mixing shadow colors and revisiting values.  A day is just not enough.  Just about the time I start discovering, the day is over.  

FRENCH WITH A LATIN TWIST

6x6, oil, $85.00

by Dori Dewberry

There is nothing like the strength of the male bone structure.  So angular and beautiful.  Wonderful planes of light and shadow.  I enjoyed playing in the warmth of the shadows and laying in the light on the upper back.  He twisted his hair up so that some of the painters could see his back.  At some point in the day we asked about his background.  He told us he was French with a little bit of Latin.  So that is how the title came to me.

I enjoy painting from life so very much, that the idea of painting from photos just bores me.  At the same time I realize it is necessary.  There is such a meditative state that calms my body like nothing else can.