SCAD

My first painting at SCAD :]

I'm not in any painting classes at the moment, this was done of my own ambition. Which is good because I haven't painted in weeks. The luminosity of glass is very hard to capture.

" Bong is the first word people think of, although it clearly isn't one." Oil on linen mounted on panel, 8x10"

" The Primary Crayola's"

Oil on Linen, 2x3.

Happy birthday

Here's a self portrait I did for my mothers birthday, as well as the steps leading up to it.

16x20, Oil on canvas

Arm fetish

I've been accused of, and rightly so, of having a fetish for drawing arms.

A Sort of Opposition ( Chained Hearts)

It's been a while.

Some of the nice brushstrokes didn't come through in the picture for whatever reason

" A Sort of Opposition" 5x7, Oil on linen mounted on panel

and oh yeah, I'm now 18 years old as of August 12th :]

Wipe Away.

" Never knowingly leave something wrong on your canvas"

This is a progress shot of a portrait commission I'm working on. I was having many issues with the proportions of the face and placement of ear. So while the first image may seem to be from after the second- the opposite is actually true. Sometimes you have to wipe away and start anew. ( I just had to)

I've read through an article a couple of times of John Singer Sargent's students telling of their experiences with him and his process- apparently if a face was not done to his liking, at the end of the session he would wipe it away- to do it all over again next time.

http://www.goodbrush.com/misc/painting_lessons/sargent_notes.pdf

They weren't quite close enough, anyway.

As I was setting up these two flowers, this particular composition grabbed me. Sometimes these things speak for themselves.

"They weren't quite close enough, anyway." 8x10 inches, Oil on linen mounted on panel.