and more for practice...

Nude in Motion - 40x50cm oil on canvas

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

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

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

finish of Bouguereau's head study of a blonde girl

30x40cm, oil on canvas

another baby

30x40cm, oil on canvas

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).

more studies

Some of my recent charcoal sketches.

I've adjusted the face of Bouguereau's adorable little girl.

my latest Bouguereau study

Child at Bath - 40x50cm oil on canvas.

recent studies

Figure study after the work of Christina Grace Mastrangelo, who's a student at the NYC Art Academy. She is probably no more than 20 years of age and already paints masterfully! Viewing her work and that of her fellow students on the ARC site was extremely uplifting and I'm happy that their talent got acknowledged and they were awarded a scolarship. The purpose of this quick study for me was to examine the shifts of form. I feel terribly disandvantaged by the fact that I can't find a single life painting workshop around here. This is 30x40cm oil on canvas.

Reference by Patrick Hedges from the WC reference image library, 30x40cm oil on canvas

20x25cm grisaille glazing experiment from the WC portrait challenge.

still life color study

I painted this from life with lesser emphasis on composition and accuracy, focus on color. 30x40cm oil on canvas

recent charcoal/graphite exercises

Sofi's commission

Sofi is a popular Israeli actress and a TV star who commissioned me to paint a surprise birthday portrait for her sister, featuring her brother in law and nephews. The problem was that she didn't have any photographs of them together or separately that were either sharp or decently lit. Well, since it was supposed to be a surprise portrait, we needed to work something out! Here she is with the unfinished portrait, very happy with the way it is turning.

P.S. Sofi is beautiful! Who knows, maybe I will paint her some day.

Usually I don't upload commissioned portraits, but this time the clients asked me to. The photos were taken by them, probably as the paintings were hanging on the wall. Both are posthumous portraits, 40cm x 50cm oil on canvas.

Woman in Red

This is my latest figure painting, 50cm x 60cm oil on canvas, in impasto

The little girl revisited

A few more adjustments and here's the finished version of the little girl.

A few of my new paintings

"Take Time to Smell the Flowers", from the WC! reference image library. The little girl was so adorable that I wanted to paint her as soon as I saw the photo. 40cm x 50cm, oil on canvas.

After W. Bouguereau's "Head Study of a Blond Girl", 30cm x 40cm

This is Lulu, a fellow member of WetCanvas!, painted in impasto, 30cm x 40cm, oil on dark toned canvas.

Patriot

The reference is, again, from the wonderful WC reference image library, a photo taken by lisilk called Blacksmith. A flag in the workshop, which I thought was unusual, immediately triggered in my mind an irresistable patriotic association. 40cm x 50cm oil on canvas.

Baby Chloe

30cm x 40cm oil on canvas

Following requests, I picked two nice references and painted flowers.

White Roses (photo taken by stephie20 from the WC reference image library), 30cm x 40cm oil on canvas.

Sunflowers (Still Life, photo taken by MandyB from the WC reference image library), 30cm x 40cm, oil on canvas.