Alice - watercolor

watercolor; 2020

available; 11"x15"

      Another portrait of fashion blogger Alice. I worked in a little more "looseness" in this one with the fade to raw drawing in her legs.

Peri - watercolor

watercolor; 2020

available; 11"x15"

      I'm not sure the photo does this portrait/figure justice. It shot a bit darker than it looks in person.

Maddie - watercolor

watercolor; 2020

available, 11"x15"

      Here's a portrait of Reddit user MaddieBuggs.

Madeline - ink

ink; 2020

available; 9"x12"

      A portrait in ink. I've found myself doing many more portraits and figures over the past few months. So, the handful of regular visitors to the blog will be seeing more people in my art than cars or landscapes if you haven't already. I am, however, trying to remedy that at least on the landscape side. We'll see how that works out.

Aubrey - pencil

pencil; 2020

available; 9"x12"

      I don't post a lot of drawings or sketches - mainly because most of them are very rough value sketches for watercolor paintings. But, some end up getting finished as pretty decent little drawings in their own right. This one finished up a lot better than most.

Alice - watercolor

watercolor; 2020
available; 11"x15"

      Another portrait/figure of Alice, a fashion blogger.

Maddy - watercolor

watercolor; 2020

available; 11"x15"

      A portrait of a Reddit user who posted her photo for artists to interpret.

Light Reading - watercolor

watercolor; 2019

available; 11"x15"

      This is a figure I did last year playing with light and shadow.

On The Go - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I've been trying to do more figures that were dressed and going about regular daily activities. This girl seemed perfect, although I rarely use much true yellow. I feel like I should have used a more contrasting background color. But, maybe the lighter neutral helps preserve the light airy-ness of the subject.

Communicator - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      Here's what I consider an everyday figure. I think it would be interesting to do some portraits/figures of people (mostly women) going through normal daily activities in keeping with the "art of the ordinary" theme I've tried to keep going since I started painting.

Delicious - pencil

pencil, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Happy Halloween! This is a sketch for a painting I haven't had time to get to before the unholy horrorday.

Larissa - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      This figure is one of my favorite paintings of the year. Everything about her turned out exactly as or better than planned. The nearly monochrome color palette draws attention to the highlights and pulls you to the focal point, her face. The obvious raw drawing at the bottom and the seamless bleeding of her skirt into the background create an abstraction that highlights the realism of the rendering of the rest of her form. This one is a culmination of almost everything I've been working on. I really couldn't be happier with this one.

Bobbie - watercolor, charcoal

mixed, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      This is a quick portrait painted in watercolor on a gouache-tinted sheet. I restated the drawing with charcoal pencil after the paint was dry to emphasize it. Leaving part of the portrait unpainted draws the viewers attention both to the painted focal point and to the abstract nature of a two-dimensional rendering.

Em - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I guess I'll call this a street portrait or street figure. I brought a lot together in this one. Lightest light against the darkest dark. Dark background against the lit side of the subject and no background against the shadow side. New color mixes for skintone. This one worked out in so many ways I think it's become a new standard for which to aim.

Eugenia - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Here's a little portrait of a model easily found all over the internet.

Hell Riders In Heels - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      I love the old exploitation movies of the 60's and 70's - and the pulp novels and magazines that preceded them. I might even love the poster art for those movies (and covers for the books and magazines) even more. So, this sort of moves in that direction. Imagine beautiful-but-evil women terrorizing a city from the backs of motorcycles.

Terry - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      Still swinging away at figures and abstracting backgrounds.

Pumped - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Not much to say about this one. Red heels on nice legs.

Pearl Earrings #9 - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

nfs, 11"x15"

      Another portrait of my beautiful bride, toying with abstracting the unimportant parts of the subject. Only the focal point really needs detail and realism. Everything else can be loose and suggestive.

Lily B - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 8"x10"

      A little portrait/figure with a fade/paper-doll effect. I also played with some softer edges to a nice effect.