New self portrait

Did a self portrait in Anna's class last week from a photo of myself. It turned out really well but there were a few brush strokes of Anna's so I didn't want to publish it here, although I really love it. So I decided to do another one on my own and here it is. 11 x 14, oil on canvas panel.

Copy of a Stephan Cefallo

I love the work of Stephan Cefallo and decided to copy this painting of his as practice of his loose style 

Another one of Chandler

In Anna's class a couple weeks ago, we worked from photos. Now understand that I have discovered that painting from life is SO much easier, but having a live model is not always convenient. This is a photo I took of my granddaughter, Chandler, over the Thanksgiving holidays. I liked the shadows on the side of her face and decided to use it for the class. I think it is some of my best work because I did not over blend (a really bad habit of mine).

Thanks, Josh!

A friend in Seattle is a professional photographer and gave me permission to use his photo of Justin Timberlake. This was fun to do.  Josh covered one of his concerts and did lots of photos. I really liked this pose and shadows.  Oil on canvas, 11 X 14