Danny S sketch completion

Once I got home, I added additional color
 to this watercolor sketch,Approximately 11"x15"

Danny S

WC sketch 4-23-2016
Painted from a live model.
Started at the top and worked my way down.

The NEW Mexican

Watercolor 17" x 13"
Self  Portrait

Model as Kabuki

Each month our local art guild hires a live model.
This month our model came dressed as a kabuki
dancer. This is my rendition.
Acrylic on canvas, 11"x20"

SAGE

"SAGE"
Acrylic 16" x 20"
The Laramie Art Guild hired a live model
for a 2 hour work session. I finished this small
painting at home in the studio that night.
SOLD

At Ease

At Ease or A Tease? Our model took a break from her pose.
Acrylic on canvas board.
9" x 12"

Meredith

This beautiful strawberry blonde posed
for our local art guild. The pose was initiated with a 2 hour sitting 
and completed that evening in the studio from a photo.
Acrylic, 16" x 20" on canvas sheet

Old Ranch Hand

Final textural details have been added to the model.
A complementary colored background was added for contrast.
Acrylic, 16" x 20" on canvas. 

                                                                                 

Danny in Progress

Here I have added fatter paint and some colored glazes.
Acrylic, 16" x 20"

Danny , preliminary sketch

Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
This month the LAG hired a senior gentleman and posed him as a cowboy. This is the preliminary painting done from observation  in about an hour and a half. I took a few reference photos to share with the guild and will bring this painting more to fruition in the studio.

George in Green

George posed for the LAG again this month. I realized after I started painting that I had not brought any blues and I had only permanent green light. Most of this was rendered in burnt umber, burnt sienna, cadmium red light, yellow ochre & permanent green light. Upon returning to the studio I mixed phthalo blue and burnt umber together to form the darkest darks.
Acrylic, 16" x 20" on canvas

Amy in Rose

16" x 20" acrylic on canvas
I added an imaginary background
to complete this painting.

Amy in Rose 2

When the model was ready to leave, I snapped a couple of reference shots to share with my other painters.  That evening I spent another 2 hours in the studio working from the photo reference I took to bring the sketch below further to fruition. Adding the dark to the right of the figure brought out the reflective light on the right of her face to better describe her jaw area.
Acrylic 16" x 20"

Amy in Rose sketch

The Laramie Art Guild invited a live model to pose for use this past week. This is the 16"x 20" sketch I did in 2 hours from the live model.

Pampered

Original pastel on Mi Teintes Touch  19" x 28"

Fuchsia Nude

11" x 15" pastel
This is a work I am considering entering in a show in
Ft Collins, Colorado

Ghana Male

Contemplative (Detail)

Our little life drawing group was finally able to get together again this afternoon. Here is a detail of the 22x26" pastel I drew.

Jessie

Watercolor, 11x15". This was painted directly from a live model. Several of us try to meet once a month and we chip in together to pay the modeling fees.

Grizzled

Pastel on paper, 13"x20"

SOLD to a customer from Gering, Nebraska.