rich & robin's painting

I've recently had the pleasure of being commissioned by a wonderful group of friends to do a painting for their beloved rich and robin.  as i type it is on its merry little way to the town of carefree, arizona for the celebration of their anniversary.  hope you guys love it!

here's a peek into the process

seaside shenanigans

wow wow wee waa... there has been some art makin in da house!  I've photographed the commercial papers before and then after my initial layers of paint and spray painting (the start of many layers to come).  Unfortunately, the lighting inside last night was not wonderful (the brightest place in my cousin's dramatically lit condo was the kitchen) - so the color is pretty off.  The tones are a lot brighter/pastelly - less dark and murky (similar to the original paper references).  In addition to the stencils I've started adding my decals and ooh boy, let me just say...

what do you think?

start me up.

after a hectic few weeks I'm finally back in my "studio" (even if by studio I actually mean my cousin's dining room).  notice my "assistants" below.  starting a christmas gift for some special people in my life so i thought i'd share how its been progressing after the last few nights.  pardon the low lighting!

although i love where it is now, this is the first of many layers to come.  below are the inspiration photos from the collection of the lucky recipient (shhhh... its s secret ;).

portrait project results

The end of 1st semester was such a blur!  With the dual pressures of finishing up taking and teaching classes I was extremely exhausted to say the least!  Despite the fact the students were very rushed, I think the portraits turned out very well.  Here are some of the most successful examples:

pretty good for students who've never painted portraits before, don't you think?