Father and child

This time I was determined to visit the art supply store on my own. I did not want to bore the others to tears and nor did I want to rush over what was a big treat for me. I did pick up a few new things to try and one of them [...]

Last day at TASL

Ever the optimist, I made some notes on the colors of the setup.

Managed to do a quick sketch of the second model in class. I’m thinking that I would’ve enjoyed the next two weeks too
A few things that were learnt/reinforced during this month
1. make many starts
2. pay attention to the [...]

End of week 4 at TASL

I didnt manage to get too much done in week 4. Did some work on the portrait. I think I needed to work further on the highlights. Looking at it now I can see a lot of things that I should’ve kept in mind while trying to paint her face. [...]

Edilma - End of Week 3 at TASL

Edilma and Mike are the models in class for the next two weeks. This time I had the opportunity to pick a spot where there was a play of light and shadow.

I did a pen&ink sketch of Edilma first.

and then started what was supposed to have been a quick oil sketch but i just [...]

End of Week 2 at TASL

1. Claudia Portrait 3

This has replaced the blue lady.
2. Black & White? 1 & 2

I wanted to do this one using just two colors - black and white. I dont think I’d taken the nature of the oil paints into account. I kept making changes and soon there was gray. The [...]

A month at The Art Students League of New York

Decided that I would take an art class this summer while visiting my sisters in NY. I had read in art instruction books about famous artists and great teachers like Robert Henri, John Sloan, Kimon Nicolaides and many others teaching at The Art Students League. I took a look at their site and [...]

Picasso

I found a book on “Picasso’s Portraiture” which I fully intended to read. His photograph was on page one and I went no further that night. The drawing has been dated incorrectly. I made it on the 4th of July.

Revisiting Amina

I’m hoping to make another attempt at painting and this is a preliminary sketch to see if the next one will be and improvement on the last.
I used General’s Carbon Pencil for the first time on this sketch and fell in love with it. Runs on smoothly almost like a crayon and has the [...]

Uma

First attempt - June 25th

Second attempt - July 2nd

Not even a month old but her one look, a small gurgle has us dancing around in circles. I hope to do better ones and many more while here.

A journey begins

It all started thanks to my younger sister, Gala.
I was stuck on wanting to paint but hadn’t taken the first step. And it was around then that I came to visit my sister in July 2004. She sort of nudged me to it by giving me a large

canvas (4′ X 3′), her paint supplies, [...]