2/28/2009

Drypoint Etching of "L'Artiste"

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NFS This image was drawn, like my last post, on a piece of zinc, with a diamond point. It was drawn from a book about the history of the ...
2/26/2009

Drypoint Etching of Colette after a photo by Cecil Beaton

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NFS I did this drypoint many years ago, back when I had first learned how to use it. It was drawn on a zinc plate with a diamond point. I di...
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2/25/2009

Oil on Vellum Sketch of Nude Male

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NFS Although this looks like a life study, it was actually painted from Eadward Muybridge's collection of photographs The Human Figure ...
2/22/2009

Blue & Gold Lesli Triptych

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NFS This is an oil painting on board that I did several years ago. I know that the pose is a bit strange, but I love the "arabesque...
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2/21/2009

Demo Drawing of a Recumbant Figure

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NFS This small drawing is a demonstration in graphite pencil of drawing a reclining figure. The arrow that seems to be shooting out from he...
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2/19/2009

Leslie and Reeds Triptych - Oil Painting on Board

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NFS I did this oil painting several years ago, and I really like it. I like the contrast between the muted colors in the side panels with...
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2/17/2009

Oil Monotype of Dark Purple Iris

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2/14/2009

After Greek Statue of a Boy Wrestling a Goose

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Go Here to Bid This dra...
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2/11/2009

Watercolor Monotype of Aphrodite Removing a Thorn from her Foot (after a Greek statue c. 300 BCE)

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NFS This very small image is one of my favorite things. It is a watercolor monotype. There are several ways of making these. This one was m...
2/10/2009

Pastel Drawing of a Tree after one in a Medieval Painting

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NFS This is an odd reproduction of this picture. It is actually much more colorful than this. Perhaps it is because I scanned it. The paper ...
2/09/2009

After a Donatello TerraCotta Bust of Niccolo da Vezzano, ca. 1430

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Go Here to Bid This is a gouache and gold paint (you can...
2/07/2009

Susan with a Towel on her Head

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NFS This is a pencil drawing of my sister, Susan, with a towel arranged artfully on her head. Doesn't she have beautiful eyes? They have...
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2/06/2009

Sgraffito Head of Alexander

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NFS I am working on some drawings that are coming along, but they are not finished. I feel like posting things, so in the meantime, I am pos...
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2/05/2009

Gouache Sketch of a Woman with a Minotaur

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Go Here to Bid This very loose study after a Florentine sculpture of a woman fighting off th...
2/04/2009

Man with a Hat

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NFS I didn't have a chance to do anything today, so I decided to post something I had already done, because I love it so much. This is a...
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2/03/2009

Reclining Nude - Study for a Larger Work

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NFS This is a very small drawing - about 4" by 5". It was done in colored pencil and graphite on some thin yellow paper. The reas...
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10/30/2008

Pompeiian Peaches

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Go Here to Bid Pastel on Black Paper, 10...
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10/28/2008

Two Shells and Velvet

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Go Here to Bid Pastel and Charcoal on Paper, 14" x 17 I just love these two shells. The colors in them are so different - one is cold ...
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10/22/2008

Head of Hypnos

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SOLD Pastel, Charcol and Conte Crayon on White Paper This is a demo drawing I did for my students in my "Painterly Pastel" class a...
9/30/2008

Landscape by a River

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10" x 12", Oil Monotype on Paper SOLD This was really fun. I used Yupo paper as the plate for my monotype, and watersoluble oils ...