FIGURE 61

This model is also a brilliant artist and interesting person, as so many of the Bay Area models are.

I saw a one woman performance in San Francisco a few weeks ago called 'Figuratively Speaking', by another local model and actress, Lorraine Olsen. She did a terrific job of dramatizing her life as an artist's model. She addressed many of the questions people ask about how and why she entered and continues to enjoy the undressed profession.

Oil on board

11" X14"

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FIGURE 60

A gorgeous ballet dancer modeled for us that night. I was trying to paint her long limbs, angularity and those intelligent dancer's feet.


Oil on board

11" X 14"

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FIGURE 60

A gorgeous ballet dancer modeled for us that night. I was trying to paint her long limbs, angularity and those intelligent dancer's feet.


Oil on board

11" X 14"

information: lisagreenstein@gmail.com

PETALUMA GRANARY BUILDING

I found a bit of shade on this hot sunny morning to stand in while painting this view of the Granary building. The little umbrellas are sheltering the other students who were painting along the river.

9" X 12"
Oil on board

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CHINA BEACH- CUPCAKE ISLAND

I painted this little study while standing out on the long dock at China Beach in Marin on a very windy morning. I like to call this little island 'Cupcake Island' rather than the name its known by- 'Rat Island'. Not sure why- it looked like a cupcake to me. I was trying to get the sense of distance and light. I'm pleased with this little study.

Oil on board
6"X 8"
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CHINA BEACH

The view is of the cove and distant land formations at  China Beach in Marin on a June afternoon.  I was working on getting the layers of atmospheric distance and making an interesting composition.

6" X 8"

Oil on panel

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PETALUMA WATER SHED

I was really interested in painting the gathering clouds on the horizon at the water shed area. The distant trees look a bit like distant buildings. This was a one session painting.

Oil on canvas board

9" X 12"

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FIGURE 59
Life Model in Costume

I used a palette knife to paint this costumed model. It's difficult to get the detail with knives, but the color layers on more opaquely and so is much more vivid.

Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"

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PETALUMA FIELD BY THE RIVER

I painted this back in March during Camille Przewodek's Monday class. It was an overcast day which made the sky-ground relationship closer in value (value=grey scale) and the colors of the field were more saturated than they would look on a sunny day. I'm studying the effects of light and atmosphere on color and trying to get these effects in my studies. I really enjoy challenging myself.

Oil on canvas board
9" X 12"

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FIGURE 58
Life Model Reclining

I think the soft colors of this painting express the gentle quality of this model.  I tried to get the sense of how she was nestled into the pillows, how they supported her weight.

My blog feed to my google group list was broken for a month, so if you wish to see any posts you may have missed you can look at them directly on the blog. Thanks for looking!

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Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"

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FIGURE 57

Life model in a bra and argyle socks. I had some struggles to get the drawing correct in the beginning. The perspective is looking up from below, which means the head needs to be smaller and the feet larger than they would appear straight on. I am still working at getting more and better color into my paintings, so that becomes a challenge when a lot of time is spent correcting the initial drawing. I'm happy with the results, although I think less (detail) would have been more with her face.

Oil on panel
11"X14"
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HIGHWAY OVERPASS

I tried the another painting in the same location- this time working faster and simplifying. It looks a little Theibaudish to me now.

Oil on canvas panel

9" X 12"

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MARSH & OVERPASS

This was a study of the 101 overpass by a marshy area in Sonoma County. Colors as they appear in the particular space and light of this time & place were the subject of this study.


Oil on canvas board
9" X 12"

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FIGURE 56


She posed like a sculpture which made for an unusual composition. I was working on seeing and painting the form as color shifts.


Oil on canvas board


11" X 14"

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FIGURE 55

Colorful and dramatic, this model made me think of the absinthe drinkers of the impressionist period.


Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"


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OLD BRICK BUILDINGS


These  industrial  buildings in Petaluma were glowing orange-gold in the distance behind a pink grass field in the morning sunlight.

9" X 12"
oil on canvas board

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RUSTY BOAT

I was thinking about some prints I had seen by Hiroshige when I painted this study of a rusty boat by the Petaluma River. His compositions would often use a foreground element to frame the background, or lead you into the distance. 

Oil on canvas board
9" X 12"

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Figure 54

She is curled up on a quilt with a Chinese symbol applique. I think the symbol is 'double happiness'- not sure.  I tried to portray her golden skin tones in the studio lighting- which had both hot and cool toned light sources.

Oil on canvas board

11" X 14"

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BUILDINGS BY THE RIVER

A quick color study of industrial buildings by the Petaluma River on an overcast morning.


oil on canvas panel

9" X 12"

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Petaluma River & Bridge

I was trying to loosen up and paint the colors of the river, trees, bridge and distant road with a palette knife. I can't get as caught up in details with a palette knife. This was a quick study.

oil on canvas panel

9" X 12"

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