Tag: Sara

After a total of 47 hours of work over 23 days I’m done with this painting. I ended up naming it Sara after the model’s

I wasn’t feeling well all day today but I was able to accomplish two hours of painting a leg and foot anyway. Unfortunately I missed

Early morning painting session today and I worked on the thigh and foot. I can smell the end of this painting and I’m happier with

I feel as if I’m getting closer to finished after this session. I’m thinking the painting may be a bit overworked though.

I’ve finished up the second major layer of underpainting for the whole figure now I’m working on super subtle colors and values for the final

Well, I made it look like I got a lot done by blocking in the rest of the background. But this slow progress is really

I’m running a day behind on my posts, so I’m making this one very short. Not much to write about, still making slow progress on

After years of doing art daily it has become a deeply ingrained daily habit. And because I do it everyday I’ve noticed that distraction doesn’t

There are times when it is best to recognize my mood and deal with it by taking a day to relax. Of course I still

I spent the whole two hour session painting an arm in shadow, and not even the entire arm. It was difficult to get right.

At the 14th session for this painting I’m finding that time flies when I’m working. I’m getting into the good parts and having a great

As I look back at many days worth of work on this painting I have a fear of too much rendering.

I’ve started the finishing strokes on this painting and the progress is going very slowly.

This painting is taking even longer than I previously thought but I have the first layer done.

I accept that I lose focus every now and then. So, in order to not screw up to bad I just move to the easy

It seems like every painting has an awkward stage. It’s that stage where everything doesn’t look quite right and you don’t know if it’s going

At my current rate with the slow block-in this painting is going to take much longer than my previous paintings. I’m okay with that.

I have a plan and I’m working slowly and deliberately. I even got out my anatomy book and did some research while drawing today.

I feel like I’m doing a lot of work but going nowhere fast. It’s been a while since I’ve been confused like this but I

I’m having some trouble with my canvas during this rough block-in. For some reason the texture is much more rough than it should be.

The name of the game here is to get the basic values and colors established while covering the gesso.