New Day, New Figure Painting

I’m not sure if I will return to my previous figure painting. I was attempting something different and I really wasn’t excited about the look of it. Today I started a new painting of a female figure in a style similar to my previous figure paintings on gray.

After 1 hour of drawing, I barely have the top half of the figure finished. I tend to work much slower when doing a preliminary drawing for an oil painting it seems. At this point in a painting, I feel that accuracy is the most important. Countless times I have seen that inaccurate drawing within the first 5 minutes of a work will ruin the next 30 hours of work.

New Day, New Figure Painting, setup — Setup

I’m using charcoal on acrylic gessoed Strathmore watercolor paper.

Session Details

Session: 1349
Work: 1167
Width: 11
Height: 15
Medium: Charcoal
Art Time: 1 hrs

Charcoal, Female Figure 2016, Figure, From Photograph

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.