Oil Still Lifes, Portraits, And Figurative Paintings

Besides Illustration, oil painting is a passion of mine.  I have taken techniques from a few different teachers of mine, and incorporated them into a technique of my own.  I tend to finish as i go, starting on one section and only moving to the next section after i feel i have the color and rendering finished in the first section.

My first oil still life painting ever.  This was only a few weeks after i learned how to use oil

 A couple 20 minute oil eye studies from live models

 Another eye study, but this one was at home and from a photo

 Eye, nose, and mouth study put together

 In class torso study from life model

 workshop torso study from live model

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 Quick 3 hour portrait of Igor from Young Frankenstein 

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 Another quick 3 hour portrait of Mel Brookes in Space Balls

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 One more quick 3 hour portrait of Zach Galifianakis

 Drapery study with small pumpkin

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 Onion and brass still life study

 The Cowboy

 Starting out with the jacket WIP

 Getting the hair and face done WIP

 A view of the girl completed

Whole painting done. really happy with how she came out

 Chet Zar painting workshop piece. lots of fun, and really happy with it

Some Charcoal/ Graphite Studies and Finished Pieces

Charcoal is a very timid medium that can be used hundreds of different ways.  I have only only tried a few techniques, but i feel like using charcoal has given me a firm grasp on organizing values, and getting proportions right away.

3 hour charcoal study from my first semester figure drawing class

 Drapery study from my first semester analysis of form class

 Charcoal portrait of Steve Carell

 Detail of charcoal still life

 Full charcoal still life

 B&W charcoal master copy

 vine charcoal in class study of a bust

 My final from my charcoal figure drawing class

 In class study from live model

 detail in progress of pelvis in graphite

 Here's a little more of the spine done on the full torso

 Full torso done in graphite

 detail of skull from graphite torso study

 The Mad Hatter in B&W charcoal on toned paper

 detail of hair on The Mad Hatter

 in class study from live model

 graphite and charcoal foot study from live model

 Another graphite and charcoal study from live model

 B&W charcoal study from live model on blue toned paper

 charcoal hand study

 Detail of White and Sepia charcoal on tan toned paper

 Full in class study of live model in white and sepia charcoal

 charcoal and graphite portrait study of live model

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 vine and charcoal pencil portrait study from live model

 Charcoal study of Jeff Bridges from True Grit

 Vine charcoal portrait study from live model

 vine charcoal portrait study from live model

Some Gouache Color and Design Projects

I am not the biggest fan of gouache but as long as you stay organized its pretty simple to get a stylized look.  I would be very interested in learning how to use it a bit more painterly.

This is a portrait of my girlfriend.  It is done with a complimentary color palette with a couple

B&W transparent circles that are done in the same tone as the color, so if you squint 

your eyes they will disappear.

 This is my American Tattoo Mandala done in an extended split complimentary palette

 Detail of birds and flowers.  All of the outlining is also done in gouache.

 This is a detail of the Sailor Jerry center of my Mandala

 This is a landscape of Joshua Tree CA.  

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This is a commissioned piece i did for a friend while she was living in Aptos CA.

 This is a warm light, cool light study of a toy for class.

(left) cool light   (right) warm light