Friday, May 6, 2011

and more for practice...

Nude in Motion - 40x50cm oil on canvas



After John William Godward's "In The Tepidarium". 40x80cm oil on canvas

Friday, December 24, 2010

more recent studies

For this color and light study on verdaccio I've used as a reference one of Bouguereau's self portraits, 40x50cm oil on canvas
Experimenting with the 7-layer Flemish Technique, A Rose, 30x40cm oil on canvas

After Eugene de Blaas, The Eavesdropper, 35x60cm oil on canvasAfter Eugene de Blaas, Die Wassertragerin, 30x50cm oil on canvas



Wednesday, September 29, 2010

More recent studies

My daughter Illy - 40x50cm, oil on canvas


Maya - 50x60cm, oil on canvas

From the WetCanvas Portrait Challenge - Edith, 40x50cm oil on canvas

Latest Bouguereau study - Apres le bain - 40x60cm, oil on canvas

A larger Bouguereau study, La Charite - 100x130cm, oil on canvas

From Jonathan Hardesty's online broadcast "Worldwide painting", his beautiful wife Marie - 40x50cm, oil on canvas


An improvisation from the WetCanvas Portrait Challenge. The Musician - 50x60cm, oil on canvas

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

another baby


30x40cm, oil on canvas


Thursday, April 15, 2010

after Ingres - Betty von Rothschild


60x50cm, oil on canvas


a new Bouguereau study - Amour a laffut


50x60cm, oil on canvas (I find that even this size is too small for a decent Bouguereau mastercopy).