After two monochromatic portraits it was time to add some color. The limited palette I used for my third studio class painting consisted of titanium white, cadmium yellow light, azo red medium and ultramarine.
Painting with a limited palette
Learning to see Values
My second painting at Studio Nuetzel was also a monochromatic portrait. It’s a really good exercise to learn to see the dark and light areas and how dark or light they are compared to the other areas.
Getting introduced to Oil Painting
In April 2014 I started to attend Stephan Nuetzel‘s studio class once a week. It was time for my first oil painting. Stephan suggested to keep it simple for the beginning – stick with one color and break it into a few tonal values.
Another Portrait Drawing with Charcoal and Crayon
Another portrait I did right after the workshop in January 2014.
Portrait Sketch made with Paper
Charcoal Portrait Drawing
In January 2014 I attended a charcoal portrait drawing course by Stephan Nuetzel. My second day project was a portrait of the Vienna based Canadian artist Andrew Judd. I used charcoal and white crayons.
First female portrait
My first female portrait was quite a challenge. Women are difficult to paint in general. I was mostly scared of making her look older. Besides I had no idea how to paint the hair and which colors to mix. And the lighting of the original photo didn’t help much either. On top of this the painting was supposed to be a surprise for the lady. Anyhow it somehow worked out and I think she really liked it!
Joys of Grandfatherhood
Secret Santa made this as a Christmas gift last year.
Sketching on the iPad
While I still have to upload all of my previous work in the next couple of weeks, I’d like to share a few sketches I’ve made with Paper on my iPad recently. I really start to like this simple and intuitive app.