My husband found a yearbook in his parents things that we have had in storage.
It is the 1942 "Southeast Army Air Force Training Center" yearbook (for lack of a better word),
where his Dad did training and was pictured.
We didn't know what to do with it but did not want to throw it away. I had the flash of an idea to use the photos of the cadets (and officers) as practice for portrait painting.
I admired the painter, Karin Jurick (02/09/1961 - 06/16/2021). One of her projects
was painting mugshots from her city police department, which are public record. She also did mugshots for a certain ex-president.
Her website is a beautiful thing and I encourage you to go visit.
(my link did not work, so you just have to google her)
Here is an example of one of her tiny 4x4 mugshot paintings.
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BUST-ED is Karin's blog about these paintings.
My first painting is of
this guy -
this guy -
Colonel William W. Welsh.
I actually like how this one turned out.
But for some of the upcoming portraits I painted after this ... I don't.
However, I am going to post them to see if I will
see any progress.
Most of the pictures in the yearbook are about 1-inch square, some a little bigger.
My goal is to get a subtle likeness, at least an interesting picture,
on a small canvas (these are 6 x 8's),
with one to three brushes, not too many brushstrokes,
and not take too long (a few hours).
I am thinking of also painting Matt's Dad,
when I feel like I can do the painting justice.
Ok, stay tuned for the next post that will show
a couple more paintings in the order I painted them. That is
the way I will post them, just a few at a time.
Thank you for reading and stay healthy and safe.
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