Just posting a glimpse of what my first full week in my studio yielded. Considering I'm working strictly from my head, I'm happy. No still lives, no mirrors, no models. I think it's going to be a great semester. Maybe since I'm a painting major, I should get started on those paintings, eh?
One Week Down
Back to PAFA
I will be heading back to PAFA next week and it is time to start posting again. This summer was extremely busy. I worked, taught art to kids, and occasionally got the chance to create art.
Stained glass is a medium that I do not work in very often, but that I really enjoy. One of my favorite stained glass windows is a piece by John La Farge called "Spring" (1902). This piece is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the American section. I always go to see it when I am there.
During the last half of the summer, I took a little break from painting and spent a considerable amount of time working on a new stained glass panel. This panel is the second stained glass design that I have made. It is about 36”X 24” and of a simple landscape. I will turn my new panel into a light box and place it in my private studio this fall. Since most private studios at PAFA do not have windows, I though it would help to brighten up the room.
My first stained glass panel was created for the dinning room of my house. It was a simple design with an emphasis on organic shapes. I found it a unique challenge designing for a specific place in my house and was happy with the end result.
More Summer Studies
Hey everyone!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while...this summer has been pretty busy. I've been balancing classes at Penn with trying to work in my studio as much as possible...I still haven't gotten to paint quite as much as I wanted, but at least I've gotten some work done. Here are some of the paintings I've been working on so far...Most of these are very quick studies, just one or two session paintings. A number of them are unfinished, and hopefully I'll get to continue working on them in the next few weeks.
Hope you like them! Till next time!
A Sign of Things to Come?
Well, well, I'm still alive... I think. Just posting a couple of samples of what to expect from me in the near future. The first piece is a 5" x 7" watercolor and the second piece is roughly a 11" x 12" charcoal and pastel. Enjoy all.
Recent Work - Landscape/Illustration
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Here is Some of my most recent work done this week. The Above image is a landscape painting I did today in Philadelphia during the last DPC meeting. This was a several hour painting done directly from the subject. Overall I was pretty happy with it, being that landscape painting is pretty much new to me. The image below is one of the Hand based illustrations I will be starting. My goal as an artists is to get into the illustration field, while still doing fine art work.
So this painting allows me to study the human hands anatomy, while allowing me to begin my illustration Portfolio. More pics are soon to come of this painting in progress.
Landscape Studies
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So its the summer.....and even though school is out, the painting never stops. At first I wasent painting anything or even drawing. Bad idea. Lately I have been doing landscape
painting with my good friends Mike Manley and David Golas. Here are the first two landscapes
done this summer.
This was my first landscape painting. I had a struggle with this through out the day. In the end I went back and fixed some of my drawing issues, leaving my painting flat. My key problems were all ones I've been lectured on countless times by friends and professors. Its to easy to lose track of advice. Part of being an artist is the ability to sit down and focus on your techniques until they become 2nd nature. Just jumping into a work of art or exercise can be fatal in the long run.
Here is my second Landscape painting in progress. This painting went a lot better. I broke all those poor habits and took my time. First I blocked in all the big shapes with my biggest brush. Using a small brush in the beginning makes it too easy to forget abut the big picture.
Here is the finished painting for the day. Progress has been made since my last landscape. I am pumped to go forth and start another now.
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