20 minute pose

I went to a drawing open studio for the first time in months. I used to go all the time ! Drawing is one of the basic things that has helped me as an artist. I felt really rusty and awkward at first. This was a pen and ink drawing that was drawn in a 20 minute pose.

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Michael

Fiesta

I was working with bold brushstrokes trying to lay the color boldly. I use only three colors red, blue, and yellow (sometimes I will add a different blue or red to arrive at certain color) Darks are always hard to create. I have found that if I use these colors and create a chromatic dark (mixing all the colors together) It makes it a lot easier to achieve darks. I used the chromatic dark and mixed it with red or ultramarine blue in the background.

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Pear in Blue

I have been experimenting with my brush stroke trying to put the color down and not playing with it too much. The pear got a little abstract with hard brush strokes inside. I liked it in it's raw form so I kept it.


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Michael

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Sharing the Stage

When I was painting this I was trying to pick the main character for the painting, the little ink bowl or the Mango. The mango looked so delicious (it was actually picked too early and tasted horrible, but that helped it to be a great model :) I decided to let them share the stage.

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Michael Williamson

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Prom Night

This is a portrait from a painting group I go to. I was trying to keep hit the color spots that I saw while keeping the darks and lights separated. The room was a little dark and at the end when the lights when on the colors on the painting changed drastically.

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Palette knife in Blue

I’m trying to place the darkest dark and lightest lights closer together to produce a more dramatic effect.

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The Notebook

I always love to have a notebook with me. It seems to be falling out of fashion with the use of smartphones. I like the technology with phones where you can add information and find it again quickly, but there will always be a place for the old fashion notebook.

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