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All articles filed in April 2016

Pastel Workshop, Year Two

By: Melissa April 20, 2016October 15, 2016
Color, Drawing, Year TwoLeave a Comment on Pastel Workshop, Year Two

On Friday we finished up our yearly pastel drawing workshop lead by one of our assistant teachers David. Advertisements

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The beginning of the end! Starting my penultimate life room painting ending four years in the atelier. Being an obsessive art student is a tremendous privilege. How faster to grow than to fail earnestly so many times in a row? 🏹 🏹 🏹 🏹 🏹 #aristidesatelier #artmodel #artschool #figuredrawing #figurepainting #paintingfromlife #oilsketch #oilpainting #paintanyway #paintinginprogress #classicalrealism #figurativeart
Guys. I love this pose! So much that I did that thing where I started a portrait and then got excited about the torso and drew off the page. #figuredrawing #portraitdrawing #graphiteonpaper #drawingfromlife #smh
Small 4” detail of a larger 3 x 2’ painting in progress. I’m not used to working this big, its exhilarating! But it’s also exciting to finally focus in on details. 🌱 #detail #newpainting #oilpainting #naturamorta #stilllifepainting #springbreak #paintanyway #paintingfromlife #contemporarypainting #artsy #visualart #springtime #wip #paintinginprogress
The snow in Seattle today reminds me of what a Japanese colleague once told me about late snow. Nagori yuki means spring left its heart in winter and has come back for it. He described it as nostalgia or a longing for the recent past. ❄️ I copied this portrait by one of my favorite naturalists, Emile Friant, a few months back and returned to it today, drawn to the wistful look of “The Young Woman of Nancy in a Winter Landscape”. #mastercopy #naturalist #snowday #snow #winterlandscape #portraitpainting #oilpainting #aristidesatelier
Magnolia branches and a wet painting chilling in the back just daring each other to slide on over. 🙈#whatcouldgowrong #magnolia #portraitpainting #wetpaint
Portrait of Cameron. 18 x 24 in. 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 #portraitpainting #paintingfromlife #fromlife #realistart #academicart #figurativeart #oilportrait #figurepainting #fineart #oilpainting #figurativepainting #contemporaryrealism #figuremodel #portraitstudy #figurestudy #seattleartist #seattlepainter #aristidesatelier #gageacademyofart

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