watercolors and denise

just some of the work I have been up to lately. My RymanArts semester with David ends next Saturday which means I won't be taking another art class until mid February. The only plus to this is now I can focus on my college applications and their respective hometests.

water color quick sketches 5-10 minutes each


two takes on this girl in my art class, denise. the first I did in my sketchbook in a contour style illustration and the latter is an oil painting (oil pastels for the drawing and then oil paint on top) with a solid red ground. i was rummaging the classroom for some scrap material to paint on and i found this really old and dusty canvas painted all over in bright red. i think the kid even stretched it themselves since the canvas had a lot of give ... in any case i just went at it. painting on top of oil pastel is a really interesting experience, the pigment was really thick but definitely not in a bad way.