Mark

Mark is an amateur model but a very good one.

His dramatic, intense features seemed to

demand a lively treatment. I used hatch marks

to create the planes of the face and exaggerated

the colors in his complexion. Usually I try to even

out the skin tones in a painting with layers of

glazes, but in this case I omitted all that.

This is in acrylics on paper, about 18" x 24"

Landscape Show at the Firehouse North

Jenny

This was my first opportunity to paint Jenny. She wore a wonderful, richly-colored velvet top. Her face has a lot of interesting planes and contours, which looked better before I softened them with a layer of overpainting. The eyes aren't quite right either. Still, it was fun. This painting is in acrylics on paper, about 18" x 24".