"By The Sea" 21.5 x 37 cm. Graphite, watercolor and gouache.

The curls and the fabric were definitely my favorite art of making this piece, can you tell?

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Work in progress, pencil and watercolor...so far!

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Detail from "The Mandolin Player", graphite, 9 X 8 inches.

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Detail from "Another Evening With Calypso".

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Portrait study in pencil. This is a transfer drawing for a painting. The simple idea is to work out the drawing, proportions, shapes, ahead of time, before getting into the complexities of oil paint.

It's job is different from regular drawings. The technique is often left a bit more raw, lines are simpler, bolder, straighter. This is all to facilitate the transfer onto a canvas later.

It's often done on cheaper paper because it often gets destroyed in the transfer process. It's possible to save it by using tracing paper, but sometimes this can shift the lines a bit, though it's usually a good option since you get to keep your original drawing.

While sometimes it's nice to work directly in oil from the beginning, it can be nice to have simplicity of the pencil when dealing with tricky proportions!

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"Guinevere" A little pencil sketch, 6 x 7 inches.

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An in-progress shot from my recently finished piece "Another Evening With Calypso"

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Work in progress, pencil on hand toned paper

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What's on my easel right now, (work in progress.)

Working a bit larger this time, nearly quadruple the size I normally do so stay tuned to see the drawing finished!

This is still mostly at a block in or lay in stage, just working out placements, design, and just making sure everything makes sense before I move forward.

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Decorative border in watercolor and gouache. It's still in progress at the moment so stay tuned to see the finished border and the artwork it's made for!
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Sketch in progress

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My hour and a half Masterstudy drawing from the 19th century painter Potthast. This is my drawing for this month's Sketch Along class for my online students where I cover the process from start to finish live over Zoom.

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Watercolor work in progress, I think this one will take a while!

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"Donna Giallo" little watercolor experiment, 9 X 10 inches.

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Little expression experiment in watercolor.

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I love the silver glow from pencils when the drawing is all completed.

Never press! This is usually what I recommend to my students as well as to myself, but when you are finally sure of your marks, sure of where the eyes go, the lips, them by all means...press.

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Watercolor in progress.The time for green and red is approaching!

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Current work in progress, watercolor, gouache and pencil so far!

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Quick hour and a half "wipe out" drawing demo for today's students. I used a lovely work by Adriano de Sousa, Portuguese,19th century, as my inspiration.

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One hour pencil Value Study for my students on an online class demo today : ) 4x5" After artist Thomas Cooper Gotch 1894
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"Portrait of Artemis" 10 X 14". Pencil, gouache, & watercolor.

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Work in progress, graphite on toned paper.

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"Midnight" 6 X 7 ".
Pencil with gouache.

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"Luna", * "She walked through the starry night, unaware the stars had fallen down upon her gown, Lifting the delicate linen she knew at once all was right, for she was one with the night." *

Graphite, watercolor, 24k gold leaf, gouache.

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"Resting Star" 5 X 7", watercolor and graphite.

#figurativeart #magicalrealism
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Little commission for a fellow artist! "Amaranth Field"

Oil on Arches paper.

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"Amaranth Field" a little commission in oil for an artist of his fiancé.

Oil on Arches painting paper

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Summer Breeze, a quick sketch in mauve pastel and graphite accents.

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Evening Light, 25 X 17 cm, pencil sketch

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Evening Light, pencil sketch, work in progress.

I always love working with new art models. Each one brings a totally unique story to my work. Thank you to all painting muses out there!

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Work in progress, fancy border and 24k gold coming up next!
Graphite, watercolor, gouache, and pastel.

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