You're Not Going to Believe it, BUT..

Works in progress...
Works in progress. I'm working on a grisaille of Drew - pictured next to the Michael Grimaldi workshop project. I'm going about it in a similar manner. Trying to take my time and do things correctly. Lots to fix in the drawing of Drew - the gesture isn't quite right and he looks a little broken - I have to work the torso more - visualize it through the arm.

Starts of Three New Paintings
I started three paintings this past week. In response to a workshop with Michael Grimaldi, I'm switching my work habits from fast and furious to a more deliberate process. The first step is to determine the composition. This takes time, and will mature with practice. What I'm sharing with you all today are the seeds of paintings. There are aspects in all these compositions that I love as well as things I'd like to tweak.

New Portrait Competition Show on Television
Since we've seen reality competition shows on singing, dancing, joke telling, cooking, modeling, designing, pet training and on and on and on, it's kind of a mystery that there haven't been any dealing with painting. Until now - or er, I just heard about it now - but it's in Canada, and apparently before that there was one in Great Britain. So, Bravo TV Canada is set to air (tonight, Sept 12) Star Portraits, a new show where three portrait artists paint one celebrity client. Apparently the viewing audience votes for their favorite. What fun! I guess the BBC version ha