Category: oil painting

Closeup of a small study on gessoed Duralar. Endeavoring to paint goopier.

Oh no, I should be naming these things. Oil on Arches oil paper, about 5×7.

I’m letting myself have one majestic self-portrait before I embrace my middle-aged librarianliness. I have the rest of my life to paint my withered cheeks...

Putting on an episode of Psych is like catch-and-release for figure models. Oil on paper, 6×8

Having a bird rescuer in the family means always having models on hand for a portrait. Balls of fluff are a lot of fun to...

Stupid hands. My lower proportions went weird somewhere along the line and I think I’m going to run the board through a circular saw to...

  Painting my cat-loving kid. Oil on paper, 5×7.

Still painting into the sketchbook. Leather jackets are a lot of fun. And the hand looks very hand-y! I can put aside my thoughts about...