2nd Portrait from a live model

This is the vignette I did today.  It is a training technique to improve one's painting and understanding of the face.

First Portrait from a model

This is from my class today, it is the block in of the first portrait I have painted from a live model.  I will continue you fixing things and making adjustments tomorrow.

Oregon Coast - Nocturne study

This is a small night study or Nocturne of the Oregon coast.  I had little time after work today, but I got the basic colors and values in to start this one.  I will refine later and will thicken the paint.

Meadow update

Top is the initial block-in for the meadow study.  I let it be for awhile and then re-visited it today and changed it up some.  I will leave it alone for now and will probably tweak it some later.

Back after a vacation

So the vacation was actually a computer repair enforced vacation and not a real one.  The computer is back and in good repair.  I worked on the lantern study.  You can see the changes I made to improve the sky, detail the horizon with trees.  I began to add in the shine and reflections from the light.  I will need to continue to refine this and improve the depth in the glass globe and details on the lantern.

Progression of progress - Ponderosa Pine and Aspens study

Above you can see the progress in reverse order.  I  blocked in the basic colors and then started refining the spaces and some of the values/"colors."  I have a few tree trunks and some foliage to modify on the right side to finish this up.

Great Falls Virginia

This is the competed Great Falls Plein Air.  Since I added to it after leaving the scene it is not technically still Plein Air but, the fading, changing light meant I had to stop anyway, as I am not fast enough yet to capture the scene quickly.  Though Plein Air is the means to getting better.