Saturday, December 29, 2012

Three Hour Pose


I thought it would be fun to post something about the process on a three hour session.  These are all from the Monday group that I meet with in the Woodlands.  

We arrive and set up to paint in between 9:00 and 9:30.  The earlier  you are the better your spot.  



The model poses for 20 minutes and then gets a ten minute break.  This is after the first twenty minutes.
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Below is a detail of "Snow White".  When I got home I wiped it off so I could use the canvas for something else.  


We usually get in 6/20 minutes.  This lady came in costume as Snow White.

Below is "Oksana".  She was quite attractive but had a hard time keeping the pose.  


Below is a young guy named Aloshia.  He was fabulous!


He got back into the pose after each break with no problem.  


He kept the intensity of his gaze throughout the session.


It is sooooo nice to work with a good model.  The likeness comes so easy when you don't have to compensate for movement.


I like having the model pose with my painting so you can see the likeness.  

Liza was another fabulous model.  She is the soon to be daughter-in-law of Robin Williamson who comes all the way from Sugarland to paint with the group.  Robin is very accomplished.  Google her and you can see some of her work.   


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She held the pose so well.  Lovely girl.



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This guy was fun to paint.  He was a great model and the Canadian brother of Suzie Baker.  There is a painters in our group who speaks french and he and the model had quite a conversation. 

 I feel I have made so much progress in these past few months because of these life groups.  I also attend a life group on Thursday where the model does shorter poses.  Twenty minutes goes by so incredibly fast.  I'll post about that later.   



Santa and an Early Christmas Present

Santa and an early Christmas present.


Tis the season to paint Santa!  The scheduled model for the Monday life group was Santa!


 How awesome is that?  Suzie Baker, a wonderful artist, who paints with the Monday group arranged for Santa.  She brought a beautiful screen, fabric, Christmas Tree, and chair for the jolly old man.  He was holding a mug as well.  Suzie's painting was wonderful and captured the whole scene.  My angle missed most of that so I just focused on the face.


I loved the little square glasses that he wore.  This was a three hour session.  I put the glasses in on the last 20 minutes he sat for us.  


This tassel was so fun it popped out right away.  I liked that it seemed as if you could reach out and grab it.

This was the painting at the end of our session with Santa.


In my studio at home I indicated that he had an arm, softened the top of his hat and brought out the fur a little bit more.   


Here is Santa with my painting of him.  I'm so glad he took time out of his busy season to come and sit for us.  Starlee was very excited when she got home from school to see that I had painted Santa.


Christmas came early for me this year when I attended the luncheon following our Monday group with all the other artists who participate.  Joe Collard and his sweet wife hosted.  They have a beautiful collection of artwork in their home and I was delighted and amazed to discover that they had an original Daniel Gerhartz!


My first Gerhartz!  I've be painting in my dreams with my buddy Dan (previous posts) and now I finally had the privilege of seeing one of his pieces in person.  LAAAAAAAA!


Of course I ran out to the car to get my camera so I could take pictures of it!  This is me basking in the glory!  Thank you Joe.  Joe has been to two workshops with Dan Gerhartz!  My turn.