Tag: Clay

This may be the last session for this male figure painting, but I’m not positive. I’m very happy with its current state, and yet, I

I spent two hours doing a general underpainting for the whole bottom half of this figure painting. There is still a few hours of work

I spent two hours painting abs today. Not that I’m upset about that, it’s just interesting that it took that long for me to paint

I began today’s session thinking that I should abandon this figure painting and start a new one. I’m glad I didn’t follow through with that

Yesterday I determined that I was getting much too detailed with this painting and I wasn’t focusing on the simple shapes. So, the best way

I’m continuing with the preliminary charcoal drawing of this figure before I start back into the oil painting again today. The idea is to construct the top

I started the painting session today with a preliminary drawing. I wanted to step back a bit before working more on this figure painting and

Focus was a struggle today. I worked an hour on this figure painting today and I was finding it hard to stay awake.

This is the first start to a figure painting that I actually feel as if I’m in control. The few paintings previous had haphazardous starts