Another Portrait Sketch From Last Week

12" × 9" Charcoal on Paper  

Another sketch done with charcoal. Drawing made from a live model. Three hours - twenty minutes at a time, with breaks in between the twenty minute stretches.

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Man from India

12" x 9" Charcoal on Paper 

Our subject for last night's drawing session was originaly from India. Charcoal seemed to suit this sketch because of how darker values dominated both subject and setting. The darker areas make the light areas stand out.

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12" x 9" Charcoal on Paper

The lighting in the studio at last Thursday's portrait session illuminated the model's face, leaving the shadows and background dark. Passing over the graphite pencil, I returned to charcoal for this session. Charcoal's darker value and quicker application allowed me to address the dark areas better than graphite could for this drawing. 

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The Progress of Spring Greens, 2015

9" x 12" Oil on Panel

Between the west side of town and the lake, there are some ranches. A little country road passes through the area not far from the river. It's a place I frequently go to paint, or even just walk. The scene shown above (painted a few days ago) is looking north from the road to a tree growing in one of the meadows, and beyond to snow-capped Lone Peak.