Summer Goal

As far as oil painting is concerned for over the summer, I will attempt roughly three paintings a week based on observation. In addition I will work on several other projects including the completion of my bands long awaited farewell album. 

Check out this stuff hither! 

Year One Complete... Kinda

Still Works in Progress

I still have a lot of work to do on these paintings. I received my final committee review today and had some informative feedback, most of which I was more or less aware of. However I was told that I need to add some sort of resin (Gamvar, Damar Varnish) into my glazing mixture in order for the paintings to dry properly and to actually work as a real "glaze." 

I will be taking a month off from these paintings in order to acquire some fresh eyes when I decide to resolve the work. I will also begin to add in some resin into the mixture. 

Several session study that is rather lame. 

Last two hour figure session for the year. The torso is elongated and shoulder is a little odd. 

Comments and Critiques are more than welcome! 

Robots!

A small quick study from the window in my studio. 

Although I like the way the painting turned out, it does not reflect the mood of the scenario I was attempting to depict. When I was painting this scene, it began to snow in Edinboro, which is why I was inside. 

Work In Progress

Work In Progress

Work In Progress

Work In Progress

All of these paintings need some serious work. The main complaint or suggestions that I've received is the lack of color / saturation with in the work. Since I am working with glazing technique I'm attempting to slowly build up the color with very thin layers of color. 

As a note I have some drawing errors in the work... I also realize I have a very long way to go before achieving the final product that I envision with this body of work. Hopefully by doing more I'll come to some sort of conclusion with the work. 

Comments and critiques are always welcome.