Paintings and drawings done in a day- May 08

**artbyjune** · #1 05-01-2008, 01:56 AM

This year we started a monthly threads to showcase paintings or drawings of any size or media done in a day.

We hope you enjoy your visit to this thread.

Artists, thank you for sharing your daily work here.

This is the new thread for your May works!

LGHumphrey · #2 05-04-2008, 04:12 PM

This morning's oilsketch is a portrait of my dentist.

**artbyjune** · #3 05-05-2008, 03:55 AM

I love these brightly coloured works of yours, Humphrey. The backgrounds set the portrait off very well.

LGHumphrey · #4 05-05-2008, 04:10 PM

Thanks June.

Today I did the dentist's assistant.

**azulparsnip** · #5 05-06-2008, 12:28 PM

Lawence, How long have you been doing portraits? These are great

dragonclaw · #6 05-06-2008, 02:06 PM

Hi everyone!
This is great. I don't have much time to paint, so when I do have time, I try to get as close to 'finished' as I can in one sitting.

dragonclaw · #7 05-06-2008, 02:13 PM

Lawrence, looks like you have a great relationship with your dentist! that is great. I am a podiatrist myself, never had a patient draw me anything, but that would definitely make my day.

Here's my 1-day painting (5 hours to be exact). It was for the highest bidder at a charity event my friend hosted (so, of course I had to contribute something)...hope she'll like it!

-Giao

LGHumphrey · #8 05-06-2008, 05:08 PM

I've been painting for three and a half years now--slow learner--and most of what I do is faces, including copies from the masters.

Hi Giao, welcome. What a BEAUTIFUL painting of a beautiful woman. Who's the model?

Yes, my dentist is a fine lady, and absolutely painless. Here's another of her I did this morning.

dragonclaw · #9 05-06-2008, 06:44 PM

Lawrence, I love the use of color in your paintings, and the expressions you give the portraits-each brushstroke is expressive! 3 1/3 years only?

the portrait is of Camilla, the lady who bid at the charity auction, she e-mailed me a photo of herself after winning the auction. My friend Eric, who hosted the auction, showed a painting I made of him and got several bids, many of them from girls-he jokes that the girls must have thought they were bidding on a painting of HIM ! He's funny.

**artbyjune** · #10 05-07-2008, 02:07 PM

Welcome Giao. I do love your stunning portrait. I hope you'll show more work here.

Lawrence, did you take lots of photos of your dentist or are you working from memory? I agree with Giao, the colour and expressiveness of the brushstrokes are terrific. Did you show to your dentist?

LGHumphrey · #11 05-07-2008, 06:06 PM

Hi june, took 3 photos of her and did a portrait from each. (The first one is so bad that I haven't posted it, and didn't have any time to paint today so just did a speedo Modigliani-type study of her that I won't post either, just too atrocious.)

When it's dry I'll take that one I posted yesterday to show her.

softbug · #12 05-24-2008, 04:28 AM

Hello, this is a man-eater in mountains at night
It was mostly done with a 2H pencil so this is very light.
All the crits are welcome

irene ann · #13 05-24-2008, 04:52 AM

fab portrait paintings irene ann

LGHumphrey · #14 05-24-2008, 05:04 PM

softbug, you've got some good imagination in there, keep up the good work.

This is a quickstudy of the daughter of a friend of mine.

**artbyjune** · #15 05-25-2008, 02:50 AM

Here's one I did in a day on Friday. I cross-posted it in the watercolour forum.
Its a self portrait with a black and white ruffed lemur. Its about 11 by 13 ins.

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