Month: November 2023

  • Celebrity heads 4

    Celebrity heads 4

    Another round of celebrity heads this week, building up my portfolio of portrait work. This time around I was going for some additional challenges — dramatic lighting, expressions, hats, facial hair. On some of these I think the likeness aspect has fallen a little short, but I don’t hate any of them.

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  • Mrs Claus

    Mrs Claus

    It’s been a while since I did a painting of Aftyn! Long enough that I felt a little rusty. But, after some false starts trying to decide what brushes to use, I got back into the swing of things. The reference is taken from one of her early ear licking videos. I just can’t resist…

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  • Seductive textures

    Seductive textures

    I have a sexy new model! She has a flair for seductive poses and an affinity for textures. Representing those textures and the light in monochrome was quite a challenge, but I think these all turned out pretty good. Folds in fabric are a real challenge, but I’ve been studying up on them, and am…

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  • Celebrity heads 3

    Celebrity heads 3

    Am I back in the saddle after vacation? Partially. I’m going a little slowly on art right now because I have additional demands on my evenings, but it’s still important to keep at it. This set of faces I started while on one of the long flights, and just wrapped up. These are mostly not…

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