Life is Brief, Art Endures

Vita Brevis, Ars Longa
Hippocrates

Friday, October 24, 2008

Closeup


Sketch for Pastel


Pencil sketch on onion skin paper 16x20
This is the sketch of another beautiful child for a pastel portrait.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Study for Oil Portrait


Pencil sketch for 24x30 oil
I can't wait to begin painting this beautiful child. This is the head study for a full 24x30 oil portrait.

Back from hike


Great Smoky Mountains
Each year at this time, I take off a week to hike with friends. A long, challenging hike somewhere awesome is my favorite thing to do. I am an outdoorsy person and sitting in front of an easel all day is a bit hard for me.