Drawing into paint

Here are some snapshots of a little bit of the work we've done in class so far. Most of the paintings displayed here were made while observing a model lit with strong, colorful light. A few of the paintings were made from black and white photographs. We have been using acrylic and oil paint and have also been working with large and small surfaces.

John challenged us to create a small painting with brushes that were too big. This forced us to make bigger and more general strokes to create the planes of the face. John also encouraged us to draw over our painting as we worked on them to reestablish the underlying architecture of the figure. You can see some of those results showing through beautifully in this series of images.