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I studied drawing and painting for a number of years with Harold Stevenson and Alma Gallanos - both successful artists as well as instructors. The first few years were basic drawing and anatomy then studies in the life class in oil paint. I eventually gravitated to pastels - here's four of those studies. Each is about 8 hours work from the model. Three are pastel, the one below is oil paint. |
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"The Rabbis" is unique in
that it's an oil but done in black and white, and exclusively with pallete
knives - no brushes. I liked the results, it's been hanging over my mantle
for longer than I like to think about, but I never cared to try B&W
or brushless again. . .
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This oil still life started out
as a session to practice drapery and reflected light but turned out to
be a picture worth hanging. In fact, it's won a prize. You can just see
the yellow reflected light from the brand new pencils feeling it's way
through the opaque milk glass. . . . .
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If you know Long Island you might recognize the shore of the North Fork. I've done a several of these - it's almost a formula picture by now, but it's nice to know they're hanging in a number of homes. |
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I really like this one. Again, it
started as an exercise in capturing light that worked well enough to frame
and hang! I wish you could see the high light on the finger tips of the
original. Finger tips glow and the light literally oozes down the fingers
and into the palms . . . . .
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