06.16.2017 - Blast From The Past: 06.16.2007

10 Year Anniversary Blast From the Past


WOW!!! I can't believe that a WHOLE DECADE has passed since I started this blog. Thank you everyone who has visited my little corner of the interwebs, left nice comments, and bought the original paintings! Here is the post that started it all 10 years ago.


title: Julie Standing With Arms On Her Hips
size: 12x18 in.
medium: watercolor, pastel
price: $400.00

Detail:




I know I've been neglecting this blog for a while now. Life has a way of getting in the way. I've still continued the practice of weekly figure drawing. That is until this past August of 2016. I moved to Amman, Jordan with my wife so she can gather research for her Ph.D. However, in this conservative culture, figure drawing the nude model is not something easily accessible. I've searched around for some sessions but no luck. I miss it dearly and I can't wait to start back up when we return to the States in September. Maybe I'll even find time to scan a few in and resume posting.

06.07.2015 - Blast From The Past: 10.11.2010

title: Sivonna, Seated In Profile And Reverse, Leaning On Her Right Arm
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

06.06.2015 - Blast From The Past: 03.19.2010

title: Gal Friday, Seated, Her Arms Resting On Her Legs
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $150.00

05.31.2015 - Blast From The Past: 09.20.2010

title: Female Nude, Seated In Semi-Profile With Her Legs Crossed, Her Right Hand On Her Left Shoulder
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, ball-point pen
price: $200.00

This painting started as one big disaster and continued to be so through out most of the pose. I can't tell you how many times I thought about throwing in the towel and going home. This was the last pose of the session. But just as doubt started to fill me I thought of the advice I got from Julie Bell, and reaffirmed again this weekend while talking to Greg Manchess; to press on past the ugly stage and trust in your abilities. There is a point in the painting process then a painting looks like utter crap and all you want to do is slash the canvas, snap your brushes in two, and take up a safe profession like accounting. But all the pros know that this is just a stage a painting has to go through (well, Greg skips that stage and goes strait to the finish) to lay the groundwork for the final polish. This painting is far from polished, but I pressed on, and used the green pen (the only color I had handy) to add some form to the senseless washes. As things started coming together, I went back in with the washes to add the details in the face and the shadow areas. And now I'm pretty happy with the results.

05.30.2015 - Blast From The Past: 02.01.2010

title: Dirty Martini, Seated In Semi-Profile, With Pink Hair And Blue Pasties
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $200.00

05.24.2015 - Blast From The Past: 07.05.2010

title: Gigi, Seated In Semi-Profile On A Stool, Looking Over Her Right Shoulder
size: 11x17 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $200.00

05.23.2015 - Blast From The Past: 01.27.2010

title: Jim, Standing In Semi-Profile, His Hair Pulled Back
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $150.00

05.17.2015 - Blast From The Past: 05.17.2010

title: Amber Ray, Standing In Contrapposto, In Profile And Reverse
size: 7.75x11 in.
medium: watercolor, ball-point pen (on sketchbook paper)
price: $50.00

05.16.2015 - Blast From The Past: 08.17.2009

title: Female Nude, Seated In Profile, Her Hands In Her Lap
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

05.10.2015 - Blast From The Past: 05.12.2010

title: Bunny Love, Seated In Semi-Profile, Her Left Hand Resting On Her Raised Left Knee
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $150.00

05.09.2015 - Blast From The Past: 02.25.2010

title: Gigi With Her New Tattoo, Seated In Profile
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $200.00

05.03.2015 - Blast From The Past: 04.27.2010

title: Bunny Love, Standing In Profile, Wearing Green, Shell-Shaped Pasties
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

05.02.2015 - Blast From The Past: 09.09.2009

title: Jim, Seated In Semi-Profile, His Right Arm In A Sling
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

04.26.2015 - Blast From The Past: 04.03.2010

title: Gigi, Seated In Profile, Head Cocked Toward Her Right Shoulder
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

04.25.2015 - Blast From The Past: 11.05.2009

title: Isis, Seated In Front Of A Paining, In Semi-Profile
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $200.00

04.19.2015 - Blast From The Past: 02.17.2010

title: Jazz, Seated, Meditating
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $200.00

detail:

04.18.2015 - Blast From The Past: 09.27.2009

title: Lillian, Reclining On A Red Cloth
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

04.12.2015 - Blast From The Past: 01.02.2010

title: Margo With Pink Flowers In Her Hair, Seated In Semi-Profile
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor
price: $150.00

04.11.2015 - Blast From The Past: 07.11.2009

title: Rebecca, Reclining On Her Stomach, Daydreaming
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00

Detail:

04.05.2015 - Blast From The Past: 05.01.2009

title: Piera, Standing In Semi-Profile, Her Right Hand On Her Chest
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, pencil
price: $200.00