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Portrait Class

January 23, 2009

The fall term of my portrait class at The Atelier has come to an end.  It was a great session!  I was truely blessed to have a wonderful group of students. 
I was lucky enough to spend the final night of the class completing the portrait sketch above.
The spring term is set to begin next Thursday, January 29th at [...]

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My Father the Model.

September 26, 2008

For anyone that has seen my work before, the man in the above oil sketch may look familiar… it’s my Dad.  The new session of my Thursday night portrait class is up and running.  The only problem that we ran into, was a previous commitment from our usual model for Thursday, September 25th.  That left [...]

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Back to School

September 19, 2008

After a great summer break, my weekly portrait class has begun again at The Atelier in Minneapolis.  After our first night, last night, I think this is going to be a really great group to work with. I’m lucky as a teacher to have several returning student.  It’s always nice to think that people take [...]

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Work in progress.

January 28, 2008
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About Face

December 24, 2007

 So you’ve covered the canvas.  The portrait is done, right? Not quite.  After the lay-in is complete,  it’s time to step back and looks at the painting.  The best question that you can ask yourself at the start of each studio session is, “What is the goal of this painting?”  In this case, the goal is to produce [...]

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The Lay-in

December 23, 2007

So the canvas is ready.  You put out your paint. Now what? How and where do you begin?  It’s time for the lay-in, or block in. It’s the term used for the first round of paint to go on the canvas
I try simplify the image as best I can to start with.  No amount of [...]

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Charcoal Compostion Study, the design takes shape.

December 14, 2007

After the design has been decided upon, a full size charcoal, or cartoon,  is produced.  This gives me a chance to really workout the composition on the actual scale and size that the final painting will be completed on.  The figure seen in the portrait are drawn at an approximate life size. 
After the cartoon is [...]

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