noisician: we’re gearing up for our next Open Studios event at Indian Orchard Mills! save the date, it’s always a fun to stroll around the mill and visits dozens of artists in their studios! . May 5-6, 12-4pm. . #openstudios #openstudio #artexhibition #event #things
noisician: finished this slightly larger painting, 2 x 3 feet. . acrylic on canvas. based on @croquiscafe model Bella. . . #painting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #croquiscafe #abstractfigurative #nudefigurepainting #nudefigure #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvas
noisician: starting to get into some more realistic skin colors. . #figurepainting #figurativeart #figurativepainting #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #abstractfigurative
noisician: some yellows and scraping back some of the paint down to the original red background. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #scrapedpaint #scrape #figurepainting #nudefigure #scrapedpainting
noisician: adding some cool colors. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #figurepainter #figurativeart #abstractfigurative
noisician: started adding light colors and realized I no longer liked having a red background . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #yardstickpaintbrush #acrylicpainting #abstractfigurative #nudefigurepainting
noisician: switching to paintbrush on a yardstick with purple, brown, and blue paints, also smearing the charcoal that’s on there - to mark out the darkest parts of the painting. . #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress #yardstickpaintbrush #acrylicpainting #figurepai
noisician: start of a new one, sketching with water & charcoal on a yardstick, on a 2x3 foot canvas. . #figuresketch #figurativeart #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #figuredrawing #yardsticksketch #yardstickdrawing
noisician: finished painting of woman on office chair… acrylic on canvas with grit primer. . #figurepainting #painting #nudefigure #officechair #nudeonchair #abstractfigurative #acrylicpainting
noisician: adding a little more color… . #paintingprocess #acrylicpainting #figurepainting #paintingpinprogress #nudefigurepainting #nudefigure
noisician: more skin tones and 3 colors for the background . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvas
noisician: some warm colors going on loosely with the yardstick paintbrush . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #yardstickpaintbrush
noisician: starting to add dark colors using yardstick brush. . #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #paintingprocess #yardstickpaintbrush #yardstickpainting #longpaintbrush #longbrush
noisician: start of a new painting, on canvas primed with gritty non-slip porch paint. this sketch is charcoal-on-a-yardstick. . #figuredrawing #figuresketch #charcoalsketch #figurepainting #yardstickdrawing
noisician: here finally is a pic of the finished painting. . I’m probably going to be doing a number of figure paintings on canvas for a while, a change from all the portraits on wallpaper & paint samples I’ve been doing for a long time. . #painting #figurepainting
noisician: I spent a few more days making adjustments and trying different things. I like where it is here, but I go on to paint more. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #nudefigurepainting #acrylicpainting
noisician: a couple more layers of paint. . #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #nudefigurepainting #nudefigurestudy #nudefigure #acrylicpainting
noisician: I forgot to photograph a couple layers of paint, but here it is after some dark & warm colors. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #acrylicpainting #nudefigurepainting #nudefigure
noisician: starting to add dark colors with the good old yardstick paintbrush. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #yardstick #longpaintbrush #figurepainting #artinprogress #sketch #figuresketch
noisician: start of first new 2023 painting, figure from back. watercolor pencil on a yardstick over red canvas. . #artprocess #paintingprocess #yardstickpencil #yardsticksketch #figurepainting #figuresketch
noisician: couple figure painting - last one finished for 2022. acrylic on canvas with non-slip gritty deck primer.
noisician: a little more paint. . #figurepaintinginprogress #figurepainting #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress #figurativeart #couplepainting #couplefigure
noisician: some blues for the couch . #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #figurativeart #abstractfigurative #artinprogress
noisician: some warm skin tones, still using the yardstick paintbrush. acrylic on canvas primed with sandy non-slip porch paint. . #paintingprocess #figurepainting #couplepainting #paintinginprogress
noisician: starting dark colored paints with yardstick paintbrush . #longpaintbrush #yardstickpaintbrush #figurepainting #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress
noisician: here I’m just smearing the watercolor pencil around with a wet brush on the other end of my yardstick . #paintingprocess #artprocess #watercolor #sketch #yardstickpaintbrush #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #figurativeart #figurativepainting
noisician: start of a 2-person figure painting using a watercolor pencil on a yardstick, on canvas primed with sandy grit. . #paintinginprogress #paintingprocess #figurepainting #figuresketch #couplefigure #drawinginprogress #artinprogress #artprocess
noisician: finished (probably?) the couple kissing figure painting… acrylic on 20” square canvas with anti-slip sand primer. . #painting #figurepainting #nude #couple #couplepainting #kissing #couplekissing #nudepainting #figurativepainting #figurativeart #bodyposit
noisician: after a day of painting. I meant to take more interim pics but apparently I only thought about it. . #paintinginprogress #figurepainting #nudepainting #nudefigure #paintingprocess #figurativeart
noisician: here are the next couple process shots - I used my yardstick paintbrush first to smear some of the watercolor pencil and then to start adding some dark brown & purple paint. . #paintingprocess #figurepainting #figurepaintingprocess #artinprogress #artproc