Painting of Dory (stage 7)

This is the 7th sitting of Dory. Again, I just enjoyed the opportunity to paint from life. I think I have added too much flesh on her arms. I'll have to have a better look when the next sitting comes up. I got in another 2 hours of work today!

Below is my palette for the painting.

Painting of Dory (Stage 6)

This is the 6th sitting of Dory.




I was able to get another 2 hours today of Dory, really enjoyed it, today has been the best day since I started. Hope to keep this going.

Painting of Dory(Stage 5)

Another 2 hours with Dory. I ran into all sorts of difficulties,..........not my ideal painting morning, but I still enjoyed the challenge! Hope to do better next week.

Painting of Dory (Stage 4)

I was able to get another 2 hours with Dory yesterday and It was fun painting from life once again. The opportunity to mix what you see right in front of you and the way it keeps changing with the lighting, mood and sitting of the model. We had some nice discussions while painting and she never ceases to wonder how she has so many colours on her face- in my eyes.

Painting of Dory (stage 3)

Yesterday I was able to get another 120mins with Dory. It was a very quick 2 hours. Hope to get more done next Monday.

Painting of Dory (stage 2)

Dory was able to do 120 mins today and I was able to make the most of the time by getting the main parts on the canvas.

We enjoyed a lot of discussions on domestics, food and relaxation.

Hope to continue next week.

Painting of Dory (stage 1)

I have started the painting of Dory, she is 68 and a very wonderful looking for her age. She is Spanish and in charge of the janitorial Department of my studio block, I approached her to model and she agreed and will be my model for life painting for the next few weeks. What drew me to her was her white/ grey hair, I haven't painted a woman with such lovely silver lines, so I decided to give this one a go! This Monday she was able to sit for 90 mins, she is more of an active person and said this was the hardest work she has done!

This is the progress so far. she saw the result after 90 mins and wished she had been smiling. I said you can't keep a smile for 90 mins! I am not sure what I want to do with this piece but I am just enjoying the fact that I am painting from life again after a long while of feasting on pictures. It is so liberating to get the model right before you with paint. You get to talk discuss and with your sitter and they watch in amazement as you mix blobs of colour in to flesh tones. One comment she made after watching me dab into so many colours is, "I never knew I had so much colour on my face."

She'll be coming in once a week maybe for the same duration, so I'll keep you posted with the progress.