But there's more to the story! Sara isn't completely satisfied, so she's going through her typical process to get to exactly what she wants. She begins with a sketch which captures the likenesses of the sitters and nails down the lovely composition. This is a great drawing.
Sara loves the way the subjects and their activity flow across the page, but she found the background slightly distracting, so she tried a quick sketch, simplifying the background...
... and another, where Sara is planning a new background idea. Meanwhile, notice how she's accurately getting the difference in skin tones and textures between the sitters. Come back to see what Sara's going to do about the library racks in the background.
Elaine O. is also painting two adorable little subjects, softly modeling them as they nestle in a neutral colored sofa. Come back next week to see even more of these sweet kids slowly emerge. Also, we assure you that they are not from some episode of Twilight Zone, as you'll see when the eyes appear.
Habte is also doing portraits. He begins with a detailed drawing before he adds color.
Here is another woman Habte's started. Notice how he's framed her to improve the composition and boldly position her to fill the frame.
We're all into people! Ken continues his series of portraits based on Julia Cameron photos. He's tweaked the colors in the sky and field mosaic pieces to make the sun shine more brilliantly.
And then Ken moves away from the mosaic technique to his more typically textural style as he begins another portrait in the series. We're already fans of the hair and are eager to see what he does with the face and hat.
More of our favorite beginning exercises! Berivan chose a lemon for her "giant fruit" and it's a beauty. Notice the texture on the skin and the soft green shadow. And she's done a great job of observing the little stem end.
Reluctant to stop there, Berivan painted this portrait of her lemon. The shadow looks like a throne and is full of rich and beautiful colors.
After the bold, rich lemons, Berivan started this delicate landscape. She's used very little color to skillfully paint the glowing sky, the mountains and the reflections in the water, reserving the darker values for the focal point.
Tom chose a carrot for the three-way fruit exercise. He paints the same carrot in three styles: wet-in-wet, drybrush, and a combination. All three are exquisite and full of glowing color—even the shadows.
This red pepper is Tom's giant fruit exercise. He's done a great job sculpting the shape of the pepper and the stem.
And, if that weren't enough, Tom painted a most realistic apple with a lovely shadow. You'll notice that he begins by sketching, too. And, if you look closely, you'll see how precise he is, both when drawing and painting.
Nadia is painting the collage she created the first week. It's an exercise in color matching, with a goal of mixing and matching colors accurately. These subtle colors are very difficult, indeed.
Nadia also brought in this painting of a carnation from a previous class. She's painted this on tinted paper, but she's still achieved clear, beautiful colors.
Stay warm ... and see you next week.
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