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Virtual Sittings

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Me. Whenever I do a self portrait, I always get finicky and get sucked into the minutia of the painting. And it usually exceeds the short time limit I usually place on myself to paint it. Anyways…

Me. Whenever I do a self portrait, I always get finicky and get sucked into the minutia of the painting. And it usually exceeds the short time limit I usually place on myself to paint it. Anyways…

I’ve sketched my niece the most during these isolation sketches and I find I am gaining more confidence in asking her for more intentional poses. I’m getting more ambitious when I paint her.

I’ve sketched my niece the most during these isolation sketches and I find I am gaining more confidence in asking her for more intentional poses. I’m getting more ambitious when I paint her.

Akshay. i’m really happy with how this one turned out. A little exaggerated, but I like how I laid the paid down.

Akshay.
i’m really happy with how this one turned out. A little exaggerated, but I like how I laid the paid down.

Virtual Sittings

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I realized one of the objectives as I did more of these virtual sittings was to improve my portraiture skills using oil paints. So for this batch, aside from the first one, I transitioned to using oils. These virtual sittings are sequential. There are a few goals I want to achieve painting these portraits: 1. Get really comfortable painting portraits with oil paints. 2. Not to be precious about these portraits, meaning that I have to let go of making these portraits look like the sitters. They don’t have to. These are oil sketches. It’s a space where I could practice my colour sensitivity abilty to finish a portrait in one sitting.

Ren. My second sitting with her.

Ren. My second sitting with her.

Mother and daughter.

Mother and daughter.

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Jim. The first sitting in oils with a person who wasn’t a family member.

Jim. The first sitting in oils with a person who wasn’t a family member.

Yvonne.

Yvonne.

Yvonne detail. I love the amount of paint applied on this one.

Yvonne detail. I love the amount of paint applied on this one.

Marc

Marc

Ayumi

Ayumi

Esteban and Anna. Trying to conserve paper in my sketchbook.

Esteban and Anna. Trying to conserve paper in my sketchbook.

Anna

Anna

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Jim. My second sitting.

Jim. My second sitting.

Verena

Verena

I like this spread.

I like this spread.

Robyn, my go to sitter.

Robyn, my go to sitter.

Sketchbook

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Looking to the ground today for my drawing inspiration. There might be a painting in this!

Looking to the ground today for my drawing inspiration. There might be a painting in this!

RenA virtual sitting with a friend today who lives in Halifax. Isn’t technology great? I’ll have a second chance next weekend to get her right.

Ren

A virtual sitting with a friend today who lives in Halifax. Isn’t technology great? I’ll have a second chance next weekend to get her right.

May 15, 2020. Sketch of my rat hole, err… I meant, apartment. With all this self isolation, it’s been a great opportunity to sketch everyday. I don’t know if it feels like a habit though. I read somewhere that doing something for 21 days straight fo…

May 15, 2020. Sketch of my rat hole, err… I meant, apartment. With all this self isolation, it’s been a great opportunity to sketch everyday. I don’t know if it feels like a habit though. I read somewhere that doing something for 21 days straight forms a habit. To be quite frank, if i didn’t sketch tomorrow, I’m not too sure i’d have the urge to sketch. It’s more guilt, I suspect, that would drive me to sketch since I want to make art the primary source of income for me. I need to produce art EVERY DAY. It doesn’t have to be great art. It just has to be art.