Happy Birthday Sherrill!

May 20th would have been my mother-in-law's 72nd birthday.  In her honor, my husband and I spent the day with his father and brother (+ wife & son) planting flowers in her honor.  To commemorate the day, I painted her name and the date on the side of the planter and the result of all our combined work is below.

We miss you Sherrill!!

'Head Drawing' - Final Assignment

charcoal on paper

Self-portrait completed for 'Head Drawing' final assignment.

'Head Drawing' - Week 15

oil on canvas

I spent the last class on Friday finishing the above monochromatic painting which I'd begun the week before.

'Narrative Illustration' - Assignment #1 (Version 2)

The final task for 'Narrative Illustration' was to re-do any project from the semester to improve.  I chose to revisit the first assignment to illustrate a cliche and found better reference for the donkey.  I also changed mediums and completed the following piece in water color and color pencil rather than acrylic and oil paints.

'Situation & Environment' - Week 15

We spent the morning of the last day of class on Wednesday finishing the painting from the previous few weeks and my piece is below.

oil on canvas

'Situation & Environment' - FINAL Assignment

I have been working hard on this for awhile and I am SO happy to be done!  Still working on technique for photographing a shiny surface and will replace the image as I take better photos for final submission.

oil on canvas - 24" x 30"

Some readers of my blog may recognize this location....any guesses?

'Head Drawing' - Week 14

Last Friday I began my final in-class piece for head drawing.  I began with a monochromatic underpainting which I am planning to glaze over next week to create the flesh tones.  This is a process known as 'verdaccio,' which was often employed by the pre-ninteenth century 'Old Master' painters.

oil on canvas