FIGURE 41, NUDE STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE

Oil on hardboard

5" X 7"

MAN IN HAT

A study in black and white

Oil on canvas board

9" X 12"

 QUICK HEAD STUDY IN GREY TONES

Another fast one

8" X 10"

Oil on paper 

SECOND QUICK STUDY

Oil on Paper

8" X 10"

QUICK HEAD STUDY 1

I saved some recent 15 minute quick sketches. I like this one.

Oil on grey paper

8" X 10"

FIGURE 40

Working in greys to challenge myself to try to portray the light on skin and paint a black hat in light and shadow without color. This was done in one session- so working quickly. I was learning  to start with an overall light tone and an overall dark tone, in the medium range. Then there is room to push the darkest darks and lightest lights, while keeping the overall dark-light pattern distinct. If that makes sense!

5" X 7 "

Oil on board

QUICK HEAD STUDY    

This is more tonal quick study work. The idea is to do 'lots of starts' and cover many square miles of canvas in order to make progress. This was a 15 minute study and while a little rough, I like it.

Oil on board    

                                                                                  

8" X 10"

TONAL PORTRAIT STUDY

The next several postings I make will be of the tonal studies that I painted while taking Alfredo Tofanelli's class. In this study was trying to find the darkest darks and lightest lights, the movement of light. The lightest light was on her earlobe, but I had to tone it down for the sake of the painting looking 'right'. This is always an issue in painting- whether to be true to what you see, or true to the correctness of the way the painting reads.

Oil on board

9" X 12"