Month: May 2012

  • Fine Art Portrait of a Young Girl

    Fine Art Portrait of a Young Girl

    Portrait of a Young Girl, 18×24, Conté on Paper, 10/12/2011 There is an art school in Lake Zurich, Illinois called Mainstreet Art Centre that holds open sessions periodically, and I was attending a few of them last year. The model that posed for us was quite young, probably about 15 years old, and she did…

  • Rouge, A Pastel Painting of a Young Woman in Bed

    Rouge, A Pastel Painting of a Young Woman in Bed

    Rouge, a pastel portrait painted at the Palette & Chisel in Chicago, Illinois Rouge, 12×16, Soft Pastel on Board, 12/17/2011 Here is a 4 1/2 hour painting that was done at the Palette & Chisel in Chicago. The lovely model was reclined on a chaise and was intensely gripping the corner of her supporting pillow.

  • Pastel Portrait of a Woman with Her Hair Braided Up, Painted at the Palette & Chisel in Chicago

    Pastel Portrait of a Woman with Her Hair Braided Up, Painted at the Palette & Chisel in Chicago

    Jesse with Her Hair Braided Up, 16×20, Soft Pastel on Board, 04/07/2012 A few weeks ago I did a portrait of Jesse, who has posed for us numerous times at the Palette & Chisel. Unfortunately, I arrived slightly late and ended up in a conspicuous location, but I think I made the best of my…

  • Minita, Figurative Art and Pastel Portraits of a Middle Eastern Beauty

    Minita, Figurative Art and Pastel Portraits of a Middle Eastern Beauty

    Last Summer, I spent the day at the Palette & Chisel and did quite a few artistic studies of the lovely model, Minita. She posed for the morning long pose session for 4.5 hours, and for this sitting I worked in soft pastels on Hahnemühle Ingres paper. It portrays her in a blue silk shawl…