Oil painting on hardboard 12 x 12'' painted from life over two short painting sessions.

These charcoal drawings were created during a great class at Sunbear Studio and Gallery called "Experimental Drawing". We focused on loosening up and developing our ability to self critique our work.

Two studies for a portrait that I would like to paint. I think it is more difficult to do a portrait of someone you know well!

This is an 11"x14" oil portrait painted from life. The likeness to the model is very close but not as close as I would like. I think trying to capture a likeness requires some real planning before painting. If there were time it would be great to do some drawings first to work on being true to the model's features. This painting was completed in two sessions between 2 and 2.5 hours each.