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Second time’s a charm…

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

… or third.  The gray stage is a good time to make adjustments to the drawing.
When you know your subject really well, it’s really easy to get fixated on imperfections.  The positions of the eyes and nose were really bothering me, and if you flip through the various gray stage images, you’ll see how I [...]

A Work in Progress

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

I’ve hesitated to paint Sorcha, because how could I do her justice?  She’s just too cute.  But, I saw this picture and couldn’t resist.  Gotta start looking for a Bianca pic now too, so they can be together.
At the Kline Academy, we all start our paintings with a rubout.  We  cover the canvas with a [...]

documenting the steps