More Figure Sketches

Here are a few more figure sketches I completed over the weekend. I especially love the one of the standing female. This was a 30 minute sketch that just came together, drawing the initial form and then the painting of light and shade.

I hope you enjoy them!

This was a 30 minute pose on a 16" x 20" Canvas

This was a 20 minute pose on a 8" x 10" canvas panel

Fast Figure Painting

This past weekend I attended a two day intensive figure painting workshop. What made it so very stimulating was that the longest pose was for 30 minutes! It was great fun, really getting into the paint and only focusing on the moment and what my senses could perceive. Here are a couple of the paint sketches I completed.

This was a 10 minute pose, and is completed on an 8 x 10 inch canvas panel:

This was a 15 minute pose, and is completed on an 8 x 10 inch canvas panel:

Here is a 30 minute pose, and this was completed on a 16 x 20 inch canvas:

Tomorrow, I will post a few more images to share with you.

Persimmons III

Persimmons III – 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD

Here is another persimmon still life. When I paint one still life, I tend to paint more because I want to continue to investigate and learn more about how to capture the item.

Teapot and French Breakfast Radishes

Teapot and French Breakfast Radishes – 12” x 14” Oil on Canvas SOLD

A fun painting made up of bright colors and having an air of the continent with its fresh flowers and radishes.

Another Persimmon Painting

Persimmons II – 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD

Here is another grouping of persimmons I have recently completed using all natural lighting.

Here is a detail photo:

Two Persimmons

Persimmons I – 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD

This still life is setup in my dining room to capture the northern light that enters by the large windows of that room. I typically have my still life setups in my little “studio” however I have been curious to experience painting all from natural light, with no augmentation of electric light. It has been a fun and challenging exercise. The colors are cooler than usual and have a more diffuse element than when there is a directional light shining on the setup.

Thanks, Liz

Fourth Brown Egg Still Life

Egg Color Study IV – 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD

Here is the fourth brown egg study I have completed. It has been a real fun series. I like the repetition of the experience, and that each time I start a new still life, I am building from the experiences of the previous painting while also learning new subtleness of how to capture what I see.



Thanks, Liz

More Brown Eggs

Egg Color Study III – 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel

Here is another painting from the series of brown egg still lifes I am working on. Eggs are so tricky with their soft rounded form. I enjoy the experience every time...

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me.

Still Life w/ Brown Eggs

Egg Color Study II -- 6” x 8” Oil on Canvas Panel

Here is one of my new paintings now that I am back on my feet. It is a continuation of the color and form study I started with an earlier painting of brown eggs. I am fascinated with capturing the form of eggs and the variation of tones and colors brown eggs can come in. From the same dozen of eggs, one can find a wide variety of color and shape. In the dozen I recently purchased and have been painting from, there are dark red-brown eggs with freckles to light rosy hued eggs. Capturing these differences while also working on the way a shadow falls on the egg and the surrounding surface in a wonderful challenge to see if I can convincingly capture what I see. Through these exercises I feel I get a better understanding of the world and enjoyment of the simple things in life.

I hope you enjoy the painting. If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please email me.

Thanks, Liz

Behind on Painting

Hi all,

I just wanted to share with you my regret for not being able to post any new paintings. Life has been very hectic lately, and I live with a back injury that will sometimes throw me for a loop. Unfortunately the injury flaired up in late October, and is just now starting to get better. For the past three weeks I have been painting for short periods (resting often) and I have been working on several pieces. Three in particular I think are turning out well, the rest I am going to chalk up to experience... In the next few days I hope to get a few of them posted.

Please continue to check my blog, as I hope the month of November will bring about many more fun and rewarding painting sessions.

Thanks for your patience,

Liz