Titian Copy

This is the last work I've done of the Titian.

Worked on the background a lot yesterday.

Here's my first layer of color on my Titian.

I forgot to take a picture of the burnt umber and white layer. Here is the add black and second layer of whites layer.

Here are some steps on the Titian copy I'm working on.

Pencil on Grid
Burnt Umber Washes

Greystone Manor

Did these at Greystone Manor in Beverly Hills with Mary Beth. What a cool place to paint.

Persephone Pose - Studio D

I did these 6" x 8" at Studio D at there long pose uninstructed. This one I used the palette from the Venetian Masters Class - alizarin, yellow ochre, burnt umber, ultramarine blue.

These are 7 value studies.

self portrait - grissaille

Added color (their is a shadow in this picture, I need to retake it later). It looks a little more like me I think.

I smoothed out the head a little

Worked on it somemore Wednesday late afternoon. Lifted the nose because I thought filtrum was too small.

Working on the next layer of my self portrait on Tuesday night.

Painting in the Style of the Venetian Masters

I am on class three in an extension class at UCLA called "Painting in the Style of the Venetian Masters" taught by Tom Garner.

Here are some exercises we did last week.

This is a self portrait we started in class today, I will try to get a better photo tomorrow so you can see how it has progressed. There is a yellow ochre scubbled underpainting and then burnt umber layer and then white highlights. I wonder how it is going to turn out.

Ballerina Pose - Get the Lead Out

Did these drawings in tombo markers at the Uninstructed "Get the Lead Out" Pose Session at the Kline Academy. I wouldn't have traditionally chosen these grays for a ballerina pose but I had them in my car.

Value Exercises

I am doing different exercises to work on values. Here the values are changed and shuffled. The top is a photo of the place, the 2nd was painted on site, the third and fourth have the values shuffled. These are twenty minute studies or less. I did this outside at Village Green. It's an hour study.

These are two x hour studies at the Kline Academy themed pose of "Turkish Delights" by the Gallery Girls/

These are some master copies with four values.