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I Painted Hannah Today on Oct 27, 2009 in alla prima art how to paint in oils oil painting parenting lavanna painting children This is a studio painting that I just did from a photograph of Hannah.  She really did not want her mom to take her picture. Both her mom and I just loved the photo; we can all identify with the raw and stubborn posture. I just love the transparency...

I Painted Sophia in 90 Minutes on Sep 21, 2009 in alla prima art figure painting painting live lavanna oil sketches painting portrait I wish that I would have done a better job on Sophia.  I’ve figured out what I did wrong – I cheated her on the right side (far side) of the face at the eye level. Please let me know what you think.

I Painted Ari Guerrero in 90 Minutes on Sep 16, 2009 in alla prima art figure painting painting live painting people from life Ari figure figure painting lavanna oil paint painting Ari volunteered to be painted in 90 minutes. She is a very pretty girl, and I was so happy that she showed up in the perfect color for her complexion, and the studio setting! She was nice enough to work in the modeling session before taking off to wo...

90 Minute Painting:Karla Pfennig on Sep 14, 2009 in alla prima art figure painting painting live painting people from life portrait sketch lavanna oil painting paint painting My good friend Karla came over this weekend. I decided to paint her while she watched one of her favorite movies, “Hopscotch”.  It was the perfect opportunity to add to my new series of paintings: Now I am asking people to pose “li...

I Painted the Retired Military Man at Epoch Coffee on Sep 8, 2009 in alla prima art figure painting guerrilla portraiture oil painting painting people from life painting portrait army military I thought that I was going to have a nice, long time to paint this man, but he got a phone call, and left shortly afterwards. He was dressed in civilian clothes with a cowboy belt, but the look was definitely influenced by many years in miitary. He h...

I Painted the Wrestler in One Hour on Sep 2, 2009 in alla prima art figure painting oil painting painting people from life justin paint portrait wrestler Justin is my young friend that works at the neighborhood King Liquor, where I buy wine. He is a professional wrestler. I asked him to come over so that I could paint him before he left for school later today. Asking people to pose is a new venue for...

I Painted Two Men in Deep Conversation at Epoch on Aug 28, 2009 in Oil Sketches Live at Coffee Houses alla prima art oil painting painting painting live painting technique portrait sketch portraiture sketching guerrilla painting lavanna men two men The tattooed man was there earlier, sitting outside. He had a brief conversation with the baristra, Ben.  The man on the right showed up about fifteen minutes later, and they came inside and sat opposite each other. I could only hear “she blah...