Video: Oil Portrait Sketch

Got the oil paints out again, getting re-acquainted with some practice. I used yellow ochre, permanent red medium, burnt sienna, prussian blue, titanium white.

2 Portrait Studies

I painted these 2 in the studio this morning as a warm-up. I used vine charcoal & black and white craft-grade acrylic paint mixed with retarder to aid wet-in-wet application. The surface is corrugated cardboard.

Vote for "The Red Hat"!

I have entered my painting "The Red Hat" into the 2014 Jerry's Artarama Self-Portrait Contest. If you would like to vote for my entry, please follow the link below:

http://apps.facebook.com/promotionshq/contests/330629

Thanks for your support!

To see the post on the making of the painting, go to http://theartingblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/working-on-red-hat.html

Video: Painting Rembrandt in Acrylic Part 2

This is the second installment of my Rembrandt acrylic demo. Unlike the last video, this one's a talkie.

Video: Painting Rembrandt in Acrylic Part 1

Audrey in Black and Yellow

I painted this 18"x24" acrylic last week. It was a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law, who is a big Audrey Hepburn fan.

TEDx 2013 Sketches

This past weekend I was invited as a guest sketch artist to the annual TEDx event here in NH. While the speakers gave their presentations, I sat next to the stage and captured their likenesses. It was very challenging, but I surrendered myself to the process and ended up with (in my opinion) very successful work. Many thanks to everyone I met for their affirmation and support!

For pictures of the event, check out the following: http://shenli0731.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/tedxamoskeagmillyard-southern-new-hampshire-university/

Auditorium

Audience

 Virginia Prescott

 Sy Montgomery

Felix Warneken

Victoria Arlen

Dick Anagnost

Aaron Tolson

Elaine Hamel

Peter Worrell

Elizabeth Resnick

Kusum Ailawadi

Randolph Langenbach

Dan Habib

Meryl Levin