Banana and Strawberry

6 x 8 Oil on canvas board

I have been working on small paintings with limited time. In a simple banana there is lots of value changes in the yellow skin.

Thank you for viewing my progress.

-Michael

Portrait_Young Man

                                               
                                                     16" x 20" Oil on Canvas

This is a portrait made at Scottsdale Art School the other night. I usually make my portraits very warm and it makes them look non realistic. I have been trying to paint more cool colors on the portraits. Thank you for viewing my progress.

-Michael

Portrait Painting

                                                 
                                                    11" x 14" Oil on Canvas

This was from a workshop I go to on Mondays. I was struggling to be bold with my brushstrokes. It was a struggle all night. I was able to bring it together at the very end so it would look human. I like the results. I think the painting came out very warm and I could have put some cooler spots on the flesh and added some warm spots on the beard. Thank you for viewing my progress.

-Michael Williamson

"Still Life with Lemon"

                                                    8" x 10" Oil on Canvas

When I was making this painting I was trying to stick within a 2 hour time limit. I was attempting to make the lemon the primary interest and then lead the eye back to the grapes then to the bottle. I wanted the shadow to bring the eyes back to the lemon again. My wife says the shadow is too close in value to the bottle. I didn't want the bottle to compete with the star (Lemon), but in hindsight I think she might have been right and I could boost the bottle up a value.

Thank you

-Michael

"Solemn moment"

                                                    8" x 10"  Oil on canvas

  I bought this stone head at the dollar store and then painted it white. It was very difficult to paint with my three hour time line. Currently, I use only three primary colors and white and then mix them to obtain all the secondary colors. It is a very difficult system by using less, but I feel it gives more food to the brain to work on problems.

In the future I would like to stick to weekly themes for still life painting to help focus on a problem. Maybe even a "problem of the week" type format.

Thank you

-Michael

Portrait

                                                       16" x 20" Oil on masonite

Portrait

                                                      20" x 16" Oil on Canvas

      This was painted from a portrait session I went to last night. I've been painting a lot, but I have been trying to be more selective on paintings I put up.