Green Bikini 11" x 14" oil

Trying something different in this painting and I like how it turned out.   I am trying hard not to blend the colors together and since I often like the block in with the drawing marks better than the finished painting it made sense to me to leave some of the marks in.  There you have it!

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Liz in red 11"x14" oil

Liz has these great dreadlocks and today she had them tied up in back.   

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Liz with crossed arms 9"x12" oil

Her hands looked so nice I wanted to keep them in the composition.   Just doing the head was not enough.  My favorite thing is the hands.

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Liz with red top 8"x8" oil

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The challenge for me this day was to create an interesting layout keeping it simple and direct.  With her arm outstretched I wanted to include it so it made sense to put her head in the right 1/3.   I had taken a square canvas so I was locked into that shape.

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In the dark 9"x12" oil

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I love using this more dramatic lighting but the model had a hard time dealing with the brightness but she was a real trooper and posed anyway.   Thanks Liz!

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Mali Hat 9"x12" oil

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I love this hat from Mali, it's twining using some sort of grass with leather around the outside of the top and leather covered wooden rings on the underside for support.   I have had it since the 1970's and I believe this is the first time I have used it in our setups on Fridays.

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Liz 9"x12" oil

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Painted this last Friday, just now had time to post.  I am taking some time to work on larger pieces and work on some commissions.  Will post when I get a chance.   Thank you all for following my blog.

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Chinese umbrella II 14"x18" oil

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We have the model usually for two Fridays in a row and because I treat these as my daily I usually do a different one on the second day.  I decided to work in a larger format and it did not work out totally so I broke a rule of mine and I worked on it at home after the session.   I lightened the shadow area and corrected the chin area.   This came out better.  Hope you like it too. 

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Chinese umbrella 9"x12" oil

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What I painted today in the portrait group was crap! yes, crap, so I wiped it off and am posting what I painted Friday in my Go Figure session.   Now the most exciting thing was the way the light was coming through the umbrella and I painted it with lots of light coming through but that made the face and skin tones pale in comparison.   I remember when I was there the skin tones were the brightest thing on the composition so when I got home I darkened the umbrella and the effect was just what I wanted, the person stands out.   I learned a lesson that day.

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Liz reclining 9"x12" oil

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This is the painting I finished today after working on it for two session.  Last friday I painted the layout, sketched in the the whole figure, finished the face and hair area and today finished the rest of the body area.

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Green robe 8"x10" oil

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Liz was our model today in our Friday Go Figure Group.  This was about a two hour effort after the breaks and my set up time.   

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Green Dress 9"x12" oil

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It has been so long since I painted and posted that I have forgotten how.   Finally, I have returned from Ecuador and what a feast for the eyes it is.   I took lots of photos and hope to be using them as reference for paintings.   This portrait was done last Friday and I forgot to take a picture of it on Friday and again on Saturday... see what I mean about forgetting!  I felt very rusty but I think it turned out OK in spite of it all.

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