Thursday, December 24, 2015

La Noche Oscura



A "nocturne" painting study from life. From a great class taught by artist James Martin.

"To reach satisfaction in all, desire satisfaction in nothing..."

"For contemplation is nothing else than a secret and peaceful and
loving inflow of God, which, if not hampered, fires the soul in the spirit
of love."


-from St. John of the Cross, author of "The Dark Night of the Soul"

These sound like lofty aspirations, haha. But they seem worth the attempt ! ;)

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Tête à tête






From a class taught by Bob Kato and TA'd by Claire Chen. Learned a lot from both, and both people were incredibly generous and encouraging!

Oro!



Costume creation of Justine Parrish, modeled by the wonderful Danielle (I do not know her last name, but she's a familiar face for most figure drawing folks around here)

The Hairy Chopper Saga



Some uber goofy things inspired by my brother chopping palm branches down this morning... (with a shovel. we don't have an axe. yes it's possible.)