Leather Boots

Leather Boots, charcoal on drawing paper

Oil Painting: Pair of dutch clogs

Pair of Dutch Clogs, oil on panel

Head Drawing and Procedure

Here is another drawing copied from the book Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis. I took pictures with my mobile phone of some stages of the drawing. The paper is white but somehow appears gray on the camera. I like the feel of the Hahnemuhle nostalgie paper in combination with charcoal pencils.

Charcoal pencil on A4 Hahnemuhle nostalgie paper

Procedure

Portrait in Oilpaint

This is one of my first attempts in portrait painting in oil. I've been drawing many portraits lately in charcoal and pencil, but painting in oils is something completely different.

For this painting I didn't start with a drawing, just blocked in the general shape of the head and painted from memory. It seems to work better this way for me; drawing masses with the brush as opposed to starting a a painting with a detailed drawing in pencil.

Oil on gessoed masonite board, 7.5"x10.5"