Today I coordinated with production friends to put together videos of me sketching, one with a live person and one from a photograph. It was definitely an interesting experience and a bit of a challenge since I wasn’t able to move around much while drawing and the work area was cramped with lights and cameras. I will share the videos as soon as they are ready. In...
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Here is a recent project. I was asked last-minute if I could do artwork for an album cover. These days I prefer to work in oils so the time frame of 2 weeks was going to be tight. My painting techniques tend to be illustrative and well-planned, so I needed to pace the stages to meet the schedule. I also made the decision that regardless of how far along I was, that...
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Many students enjoy seeing the process of building up a painting in stages. This painting, which was a portrait of a girl based on a photograph of mine, was completed over approximately 5 weeks. Each stage was allowed to dry for about 1 week before the next layer went on. Not all oil paintings would normally require that much time to complete, especially portraits,...
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Students might wonder why oil paint is the medium of choice when teaching beginners. Oil painting can seem intimidating and cumbersome, especially when more time-optimal mediums like watercolor or acrylic paint might better suit a student setting. Oil, however, is arguably the best medium to teach painting and the reasons are many. The drying time of oil allows a...
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