Portrait of Emmett

It is difficult to sit still for 20 minutes at a time and to do that for 6 hours is impossible for a young person.  Emmett at 14 was okay about photographs but not oil portraits from life.  His grandmother provided the photo and we painted from the photo in the recent Portrait Workshop at the Tennessee Art League.  There is no substitute for painting from life.  Having experienced painting from life makes it possible to paint from a photo and to understand what adjustments are necessary. 

Portrait Demo

This portrait of Richard was done in 3 hours at the LeQuire and Company Gallery in Nashville, TN.  He was a wonderful model and I enjoyed painting him.

Another exciting Portrait Painting Workshop was completed over the last weekend.  Students concentrated on painting a portrait in the traditional representational style.  This is my painting of John Cranshaw, our model.  I call it "All Hat and No Horse".  There will be another workshop focusing on painting portraits in oil to be held sometime this Spring.  Watch this blog or the Tennessee Art League web site for details.