Monday, November 25, 2013

Demo Down Under

This past Saturday afternoon I did an alla-prima portrait demo at Leoni Duff Studios in downtown Launceston. For students in my workshop and the  public, the idea was to show the steps in the completion of a portrait collapsed into a couple of hours. Leoni's husband Alan was kind enough to offer his handsome face for me to paint.


The following progress shots were taken at various points over 2.5 hours:

Setting proportions


Wash drawing


Beginning colour lay-in

Setting background colour

Modelling planes


Adding smaller forms

Fixing shapes


Completed portrait - 
One can always use just one more sitting


Above pics by Lynne Davies, Darren Day and Joanne Mitchelson - Thanks!


Some press coverage from the Launceston Examiner, Nov. 24 2013.