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The balcony garden is starting to produce. We only have 75 square feet but have created 55 of growing space & still have somewhere to sit plus a place to grill. Top row: kaffir lime tree, Meyer lemon, rosemary. Middle: heirloom cherry tomatoes, french rad
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A throwback Thursday piece created as a stencil for an old friends visit to Sydney. I'd prepared a stencil or two for my neighborhood graffiti wall. This one is Picasso's "the source". Picasso's painting references greek sculpture from his brief classical
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Latest Bargue drawing. After 3 evening sessions. #barguedrawing #bargueplate #barguedrawingcourse #realism #drawingpractice #drawingskills #drawingsofinstagram #classicalrealism
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Started a new Bargue plate. A little out of practice, it's too wide on the right. #bargueplate #barguedrawing #classicalrealism
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"Holi Cow" 2005, oil and spray paint on board. A piece from my transition period from art school abstraction to contemporary realism. #throwbackthursday or #flashbackfriday back in Australia. #holicow
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Camera Roll-650
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About half way through a Brague drawing that i had started before we moved. It's slow progress. There's a few corrections to make tomorrow.
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Archway entrance at the legion. #legionofhonor
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One of my favorite Jean-Léon Gérôme paintings, "the bath". The figure glows, the tiles all turquoise and appearing glazed. #jeanleongerome #legionofhonor #realistpainting
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Same Bierstadt picture with detail of rays and sharks on sale.
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Detail of Albert Bierstadt's "The Arch of Octavius" 1858. Romans selling shark in the fish market.
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Albert Bierstadt "Sunlight and Shadow" from 1862. Nice light
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Orchid and Hummingbird by Martin Heade
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Unusual painting for 1950. John Koch "The Bridge"
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Starling resting on one of the lions. #legionofhonor
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The obedient continue to wait.
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The lunch eater. #legionofhonor
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The Thinker and the visitors. #legionofhonor #thinker
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Rodin's Thinker at the Legion. #legionofhonor #thinker #rodin
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Detail of Laocoön and his sons. #legionofhonor #laocoön #castdrawing
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Replica of the Laocoön and his sons outside the Legion. I really should go back up and do some drawings from this. #legionofhonor #laocoön #castdrawing #iconicaculpture
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Painted in circa 1635 with incredible detail. Stanzione's Woman in Neapolitan Costume at the Legion. #legionofhonor #chicken
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Example of technical mastery from the permanent collection at my favourite SF museum, Legion of Honor, Albert Joseph Moore "Revery" #legionofhonor #revery
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The end of the pose, 20 hour mark.
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Moving in to shading after 12 hours or so.
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Added terminators and started blocking in shadows.
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Long pose figure drawing after approximately 6 hours work to get proportions somewhat correct.
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The drawing
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Quick pear drawing
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Another Brague drawing