Archive for January, 2020

Weeks 10 – 12 Portraits Week 2

Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

July 2019 – (In the interest of transparency, I didn’t want to post this. I wasn’t happy with how my portrait was turning out! Doesn’t matter, it is part of the process and I want you to see the good with the bad!)

Working on portraits was a continuation of us working on our warm and cool lights and darks, building form and structure through the manipulation of color. This is where I am now with both of my paintings. This is a reminder that we are using only the Zorn palette to do these portraits.

First pass with the face

I like how he is turning out so far. I wanted to continue with what I had already done, but I have to finish getting paint on the canvas before I finish off any particular area, just in case I have to make major changes to the structure of the portrait. I stopped here because I had to stop and figure out how I was going to paint the beard.

Working on the above painting made me feel that this was easy! Then I started my self-portrait.

My self-portrait felt like a bit of a disaster. I lost the likeness and turned into a 16-year-old boy somewhere in the middle of this. I’m still finding my way back. Luckily I have a couple of weeks to go on this.

New Paintings on Fine Art America!

Tuesday, January 7th, 2020

I’m sorry this has taken so long! I have just added “Scout” and “Pretty in Pink” to my Fine Art America website so they are now available for purchase here.  They will also be available at our farmstand in Naalehu.

“Scout” was accepted into the 2019 Hawaii Nei exhibition at the Wailoa gallery in Hilo, HI:

“Pretty in Pink” was the holiday card for 2019: