"Florence Windows" in progress...

Here is most of drawing for "Florence Windows"... just have to hang... I mean paint laundry and I'm done with rendering. I thought drawing would be easy compared to the human figure... boy was I wrong... those shutters kicked my a**! Stay tuned for more...

Nude study from the Bay Ridge Storefront drawing session

This is a drawing done in an evening... didn't quite get the curve of the leg right and wished I'd started drawing a little further up on paper... but overall I'm happy with results!

Beginning of "Florence Window" painting...

Here is rough start of canvas for "Florence Window", layed in some yellow ochre... cad yellow med, raw umber, bone white... just trying to make it look convincing and capture spirit of subject without doing a copy of photo... stay tuned.....

Florence window in progress

Here is reference photo for painting I am beginning...

More drawings from the Bay Ridge Storefront

Here is a portrait of Ken, a charming Southener with a quirky sense of humor, thanks Ken!

"Debra" at the finish line

Here is latest progress of "Debra" almost done (about 95%) am happy with results... I liken the process of painting a portrait to a pregnancy... it has a gestation period... and like a baby ready to be born it is born.

More drawings from the Bay Ridge Storefront

Here is a drawing of a young man who posed for us last Wednesday evening at the Bay Ridge Storefront Portrait drawing workshop.

More drawings from the Bay Ridge Storefront

Here is drawing of a young girl... she has a natural beauty and I can imagine her in a nineteenth century painting, that pensive look, those full lips... these are my impressions.

Store Front Drawings

Here is a model I sketched last Wed at Bay Ridge's Storefront portrait drawing session... kinda looks like a model from an old pulp fiction novel... very retro.

More drawings from the Bay Ridge Storefront

Here is another drawing done last Wed at Bay Ridge's Storefront portrait drawing session. Great model!

Drawing of David......

Here is a drawing of my friend David.... in hindsight the ears should be lower... the eyes rounder.... I love learning.....

Portrait of "Debra" in progress

Here is a painting I've been working on... I still have a little bit to go... tone down some of the flesh tones etc.  It has been a slow process but I'm learning alot from it... learning to look and not prejudge.  Will post finished painting soon.

"Bag Man"

This completes the third watercolor of the three chosen by Judges Audrey Flack and Russell Connor for a merit scholarship from the Art Students League of New York.

"John"

Here is the second of the watercolors chosen by judges Audrey Flack and Russell Connor for a merit scholarship from the Art Students League of New York.

"Soilder Boy"

More from my watercolors... this was one of three chosen for a merit scholarship at the Art Student's League of New York in 2005.

"Sax Man"

As this blog is about painting... thought I'd share some from my favorite medium.... watercolor.

More from subway series

Subway Series

Here are some drawings I completed on the subway... something my beloved art teacher Irwin Greenberg encouraged all his student's to do. He always said... "you are a sketchbook with a person attached to it." And so I am trying to keep up with my subway sketches.

Store Front Drawings continued

This is finished drawing started two weeks ago, I worked it out as much as I could for a two week study. Below is a detail of the hand, comments greatly encouraged.

Store Front Drawings continued

Here is detail of hand on model... I had a hard time working this out, but think it is convincing after all.  There was quite a bit of foreshortening in the upper hand, more so I think on the actual model... but it is progress for me.

Store Front Drawings

Here is a drawing I started at Bay Ridge's Store Front drawing workshop.  I started out doing a watercolor and worked on that for two weeks.  Unhappy with the results, I decided to do a study in graphite.  I like the composition... I think it suits the model's body type... i.e., angular.  I'll finish up next week and post here.

"Paul"

Here is a drawing I did of Paul who generously modeled for us last week at Bay Ridge's Storefront portrait drawing workshop.

"Brighton Lights"

This is a painting I finished in November 2008. It is from a photo I took out at the Brighton Beach train station. It was a gorgeous summer night and the sky was that beautiful blue that I love. I think I captured it the way I wanted to.