Sunday, October 13, 2013

Update: Yes, I still do art

Hello friends!  I apologize for the extremely long break between posts here.  This Spring term I wasn't taking any art classes (weird!) and Summer was a little crazy since I was getting married.  Hooray!  Anyway, I just wanted to reassure you all that I do indeed still do art.

This semester I am only taking one Illustration class (I'm almost done with my major which is freaking me out a little) and it is all about oil painting!  Painting is not my strong suit as I have very little experience with it.  So this class has been, and will continue to be, a very good learning experience for me.  The first half of the semester is all still-life paintings (so this will be a little flashback for all you long time readers to my posts a couple years ago-- http://nmb-art.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-serious-backlog.html ).  However, the second half will be figure painting!  You know how I love the figure!

Anyway, here are the paintings I have done so far (from earliest to most recent):

This piece was done with only Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, and White paint


This piece was focusing on warm vs. cool lights and shadows.
It was also done with only the three colors mentioned above.

This piece was done only using Alizaron Crimson, Yellow Ochre, white, and black paint.
Grapes are hard.

Master-work study of a Diego Velazquez painting.


I painting this piece using only a palette knife-- no brushes.

Using palette knives makes the paint quite thick.

No comments:

Post a Comment