Sake Cup and Marbles

I've had this sake cup for a while, but no sake.  So I thought I would put it to some other good use, like in a still life. I could write about the design process, or the learning curve I endured trying to get a good photo and match the colors, but that's probably not interesting to a lot of people. I like the painting, and I hope you enjoy looking at it.

Oil on panel, 6 x 6 in. (15.24 x 15.24 cm)

Amina

This is charcoal with just a little white chalk, on Daler Rowney Canford Imperial drawing paper (Barley color). 10 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. (This info is for artists.)

 I enjoy nostalgia, and the 1930's have some interesting scenes and special appeal for me. Amina, a student at 3 Kicks art studio in Pasadena, is the model.

When I show it at a gallery, I'm thinking of a title like Magnifique or Excellente, or something equally cliched. It might be corny, or it might be a good fit. I need to think about it.

Charcoal portraits

 These young portrait subjects are Katie, Colin, and William. Their parents commissioned the portraits, and they were done last fall. These are "finished" portraits, unlike the many head studies on this blog, which are sketches by comparison. The blog has several other finished portraits too, and they're usually identified as portraits, not studies. You can tell the difference. I like the finished drawings, but I like the sketchy look of the quick studies, too.

                                                        

Yellow rose

Oil on panel 8 X 10 inches. Can be viewed at Segil Fine Art Source in Monrovia, CA at the 9th annual Small Works Show from December 3 through 31.

Virginia's house

Graphite on bristol.

Portrait of Holly

Charcoal and white pastel on toned paper. Head study 41 of 50.

Self-portrait

Charcoal and white chalk on toned paper. Head study 40 of 50.

Portrait of Richard's grandmother

Charcoal on toned paper. Head study 39 of 50.

Head study - 38 of 50

Charcoal on newsprint

Head study -- 37 of 50

Charcoal on toned paper. Strathmore 400 Moonstone.