Painting Nan - Fini

Nan           oil on gessoed panel    18" x 12"

I enjoyed trying this figure. I like that she does look like she is singing.

The photo didn't turn out very well. Colors are off.

Here is a b&w and below that, a detail...or a "zoom-in" so to speak.

Painting Nan - Day 3

Painting Nan - day 2

Also, Happy Mother's Day to all mothers. 

It is not an easy job.

Painting Nan - sketches

Vine charcoal sketch on prepared board

This is a woman I met one day and then surreptitiously snapped a photo of her. 

I didn't realize what a funny pose she got into as my phone captured her image.

Anyway, I put the photo away for awhile, but first I did a quick sketch. 

Today I sketched her again from the photo and then started a painting. 

She tickles me....I am so curious how it will turn out!

Pastel study

From Blueberry Hill II  pastel  9" x 12"

It is good to try to render again a scene you have already painted, I have read.

 So I dug out my pastels and sat my other painting 

(Up the channel from Blueberry Hills) 

nearby and did a quick study.

Below is the oil study...