Ava and Emma

Ava and Emma
24" x 30"
Gold Leaf and Carbon
Pencil on Paper
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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
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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
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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
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I'll post some detail shots of this one tomorrow.

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

Jessica V

Jessica V (WIP)
48" x 24"
Gold Leaf and
Carbon Pencil
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Still many more hours of work left to put in on this one.

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

Jessica V (WIP)

Jessica V
48" x 24"
Nothing on Paper Birch Panel
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I successfully attached a piece of paper to a birch panel without any problems. In contrast to my attempt last year with the painting"Dreaming" where I had to pull, scrape, and sand off 2 large pieces of paper before getting the 3rd to work.

My son thinks this large panel is for him to draw on. He says I'm joking when I tell him it's for one of my drawings.

#birchpanel #figuredrawing #figurepainting #drawing #charcoal #goldleaf #classicalrealism #representationalart

Two Roses

Two Roses
8" x 10"
Carbon Pencil on Paper
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I'm trying to do some smaller still lives for practice. I haven't decided if I will continue to do these little practices with or without the gold leaf. I'll just need to experiment more on these smaller canvases and see if it is actually viable.

#stilllife #charcoaldrawing #drawing #roses #classicalrealism #representationalart #njartist

LeAnna III

LeAnna III
20" x 30"
Gold Leaf and Carbon Pencil
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#figuredrawing #figure #figurepainting #goldleaf #charcoal #classicalrealism #representationalart #roses

Madeline in Gold II

Madeline in Gold II
24" x 16"
Gold Leaf and
Carbon Pencil
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#art #drawing #goldleaf #figurepainting #figuredrawing #classicalrealism #realism #representationalart #charcoal #contemporaryrealism