City Island Landscape

oils + walnut alkyd on canvas, 14x18"

This was painted at the bay on City Island, at the Marina Jack harbor in Sarasota, FL.
I saw a dolphin here. Seriously. It was kind of awesome; one of the many perks of painting outside.

Wish I had more time to work on this... it was a 3-day painting, but I ended up getting about a day and a half to work, because I changed my composition on the second day. So this is a quick study painting. The clouds were so nice that day.

Weird Costume Today

But I don't want to offend anybody. : D

It was a fun pose, nonetheless. The all-white costume reflected a lot of the colors in the environment.

I think this will be my last figure painting until next semester. My teacher's opening up the medium for the remainder of the semester, so I'll either work with charcoal or maybe even digital... we'll see.




2.5 hours
acrylic paint on watercolor paper

Something Different

Although it probably doesn't look much different... my right wrist still hurts, so I painted with my left hand today. I remember my drawing teacher last year, Steve Kaplan, having us draw with our opposing hand in class, saying that it'd make us work harder to be accurate, and he's absolutely right. Your lack of skill really sharpens your ability to observe, because you're spending more time looking than stylizing.

Still Life #3

Holbein oils + linseed medium on canvas, 24x30"

I remember my professor not liking this... I actually think this may have been one of my most successful paintings of the entire year, despite its obvious flaws like the ellipses of the glass. It just needed a stronger start, I believe. I wonder how I would handle painting still lives after such an extensive year painting. Maybe I can come up with something far better than this ever was potentially.