Tag: Portrait

  • Theo (2017)

    Theo (2017)

    I finished this portrait up a couple weeks back but haven’t had a chance to post it before. I’m still not super-happy with the quality of the photograph, I’ll have to try to take another shot when the lighting is better. Theo (2017) © 2017 – Jeremy C. Sparks Oil on ACM Panel 18″ x…

  • Belated Update

    Belated Update

    I took a picture of this one a couple of days ago but it didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. Here’s a slightly better shot. Almost done with it I think. The arms still feel a tad rubbery to me so I should try to fix those. Pretty happy with the actual…

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Got a little more work in on this one. Added some brighter color to the Liverpool kit and fixed the tone of the hair. Getting close now. Still need to fully resolve the arms and the background is feeling too flat at the minute. I have some ideas for that but I want to ruminate…

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Still working away on this one. I feel like the portrait is really starting to come together. Might do one or two more passes on the face just to see how far I can push it. And, of course, there’s the rest of the painting to contend with as well…

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Haven’t had as much time to work in the studio as I would normally, but I did get a solid day in this past Saturday. Working more on the portrait. It’s really starting to come to life. Needs another pass or two and then, of course, there’s the whole rest of the painting which will…

  • Long Weekend Update

    Long Weekend Update

    One of the best parts of a long weekend is that it often means I get extra studio time. Got two session in on this one this weekend. Worked some more on the face the first day and finally got around to filling in the clothing during the second session. Here’s the view after the…

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Starting to get in some of the local color … mostly focused on the edges at this point.

  • New Painting

    New Painting

    Started this one a couple weeks back but haven’t had as much time to work on it as I would have liked. I’ve put in three real sessions or so at this point. This is a quasi dead-layer — I’m painting the first chromatic bits into a sap green and alizarine couche. Image is cropped…

  • Freyja

    Freyja

    Portrait of Freyja 12″ x 16″ Oil on ACM Panel © 2017 – Jeremy C. Sparks

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Getting really close on this one now. I want to put in another pass on the face, mostly around the muzzle and nose and paint in the name tag. Maybe one more session

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Still working away on this portrait of Freyja dog.

  • Weekend Update

    Weekend Update

    Continuing to work on this portrait of Freyja. Trying to find the balance between the softness of the fur without losing the hardness of the underlying structure.