Ava and Emma

Ava and Emma
24" x 30"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

Another piece that took a very long time to complete. I always tell myself I'm going to work smaller, and then in the planning stage the drawing gets bigger and bigger and the final product takes me weeks to finish. The result in this one is great though, I don't think it would have been as good if it were half the size.

#figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #gold #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart #rabbit

A and E WIP3

A and E (detail, wip)
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

Still slowly progressing. Now I have all the non-fun stuff like background to work through. If only I could just fill the canvas with faces, that painting would keep my interest from start to finish.

#wip #workinprogress #figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart

A and E WIP2

A and E (detail, wip)
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

Progress is slow when you redraw the background in 4 different ways. I still have many more hours of work to put into this piece.

#wip #workinprogress #figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart

A and E (detail, wip)

A and E (detail, wip)
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Paper
www.jphfinearts.net

The basic block-ins of both portraits are done. I still have many more hours left on this one.

#wip #workinprogress #figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart

City Lights

City Lights
48" x 24"
Gold Leaf and
Carbon Pencil
www.jphfinearts.net

I'll post some detail shots of this one tomorrow.

#angel #figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart #citylights