Beach Bum Again

The skin tone is way off in this picture. I will replace this image as soon as I take a photo of the painting.
I painted Beach Bum Again to see how it would look like in acrylic. It was much easier to do the background water and the hair in acrylic. I am okay with the skin tone. All in all I am satisfied with the outcome of this painting.

Beach Bum Again
9 by 12 inches on Strathmore Acrylic Sheet

“I am listening”

I am my own worst critic which becomes obvious when I say I am not too thrilled with this self-portrait. I must honestly say I have tried, really tried my best and this is what I finally get. A high-key, bland version of my portrait. I put several glazes to build the skin tone taking care not to muddy the colors underneath. Finally when it reached this stage, I pulled myself to stop.  I used Quin. Burnt Orange for skin tone instead of mixing my own skin colors. The drawback is that Quin. BO can be easily lifted off. So the glazes have to be laid carefully. I did this painting very tightly with lots of control over the washes. Personally I love to do portraits in bold colors and very loosely but this is the only way I know how to do. Maybe I never dared to find out how it is to paint very loosely.

I  am planning to submit this painting for David Lobenberg’s  Self Portrait Global Love In . The deadline is September 12 so I have got plenty of time to change my mind and submit a different painting if I have another one ready in the meantime.

“I am listening”
9 by 12 inches on 140# cp watercolor paper

Portrait #25

Beach Bum

Beach Bum
9 by 12 inches on 140# cp watercolor paper
Reference photo : From nizi at Morguefile

Onlooker

This painting is part of the DSFDF challenge that is hosted by the artist Karin Jurick. As suggested by Karin, I did a full figure sketch first as shown below:

Then I proceeded with painting the figure in watercolor. This exercise helped me build confidence and mitigated the lingering doubt in my mind about my figure sketching skills. Obviously I did not strive to build an exact likeness of the person since that was not my goal.

Onlooker
6 by 9 inches on 140 -lb cp watercolor paper
Reference photo by Karin Jurick

Echinacea

 

Echinacea is my first floral painting in acrylic. I believe the composition is too simple but it is okay. I am happy with the background especially the gradation in value from dark to light.

Echinacea
6 by 12 inches on Strathmore Acrylic Sheet

Dorothy After William Merritt Chase

Dorothy After William Merritt Chase
Acrylic in 9 by 12 inches acrylic sheet

See the original artwork here

Samvid

Samvid at Four
Graphite on 12 by 19.5 inches on drawing paper

Boating in Lake Michigan

This is my entry for the DSFDF challenge. I am doing figure painting in acrylic for the first time and I am pretty pleased with the result. The scanner did not pick the exact skin tone from the painting. It seems like the skin got an yellowish tone to it.

Boating in Lake Michigan
9 by 12 inches on Acrylic sheet