Still Life with Peaches

Acrylic on paper

3 Ears

I have 4 unfinished paintings I am trying to wrap up.
In the meantime, here are some ears I was working on in conjunction with figure drawing class.

pencil in watercolor Moleskine sketchbook

figure drawing

I will be taking a figure drawing class at Evanston Art Center in a few weeks (my first). I am very excited about it and did a little practice here, working from Virtual Pose images, courtesy of the WetCanvas Figure section.

Derwent Inktense (Baked Earth) and Bruynzeel (White pencils) on Canson colored paper

Gull in ink

My friend Kathryn took a great photo of a gull in the British Virgin Islands. I was inspired to use it as a reference for some artwork, as it showed the feather and wing structure so beautifully.

Rapidograph pen, and ink wash with brush on watercolor paper

Coughlin copy

Copy of a pulp detective cover by John A. Coughlin.

watercolor and white gouache in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

Still Lifes

To keep me painting, I have been doing still lifes recently.

Shell still life: acrylics on paper, Pears still life: oils on board

   

Michelangelo master copy

Master Copy Drawing of Michelangelo's study of seated male nude for the Sistine Chapel

Derwent "Terracotta" & white pencil on colored Canson paper