Saturday, March 31, 2007

Update on Standing SP



I've done a second coat on the face, hands, and the clothes. I've also adjusted the shoulders to be higher to shorten the neck as it was a bit long! It may still be too long. I'm not sure what to do with the room just yet, but I'm thinking about it.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Pastel of Anita watching TV


Pastel on dark green Canson paper. 19" x 23"
This one I have made the effort to finish and I'm much happier with it now it has some more interesting background. I've also tried to sort out the issues with her eyes and hands and it is a bit better. I'm going to leave it as it's already been sitting around for months.


Detail.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

New weblog for Paintings and Drawings

I have started a new separate site for drawings and paintings. This is accesible by clicking on the link 'Gallery New Zealand' on the right.
I will be transferring all work there to keep this one free for other family photos as they have taken a back seat recently.
Please check out the new site and let me know what you think by commenting.
Thanks.

Monday, March 19, 2007



Here is the 1st paint. Not much colour there yet but that can change.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

New Self portrait


I've started a painting of Anita and Rainy but have only managed the charcoal drawing stage. Tomorrow I'll start underpainting it. In the meantime, I've also started another self portrait. Here it is in the early stages. I'm adopting the Claude method of underpainting in pinky brown as the final drawing, before starting the painting proper.