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.