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All articles filed in September 2016

Portrait Workshop with Gregory Mortenson

By: Melissa September 22, 2016January 6, 2018
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In August I took a two-week portrait workshop in New York at Jacob Collins’ atelier, Grand Central Academy (GCA). The workshop was taught by Gregory Mortenson who does beautiful portrait work. Advertisements

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I always think I’ll try to paint the beauty of this place, where @emmettbarton grew up, but I never do. This time I brought portrait commissions and studies to work on but I did manage to sneak in a cheeky sketch of the sheds out back. And wow did I “feed the mosquitos,” as the fam calls it. Tennessee in August. 🕸 • • • • • #Tennessee #sketchbook #appalachia #nashville #outdoorsketching #september #endofsummer #tennesseelove #mosquitos #sketch #outdoors #pencilsketch #pencildrawing #tennesseelife
Can’t stop admiring this frame by @thebatican ‼️ Got to frame my art with more art—this gorgeous masterfully made frame—and cannot wait to give the work to its owner tomorrow. Thanks Nigel, you’re real life the best. 🏹 • • • • • #fangirl #framemaker #thebatican #customframing #woodworking #portraitpainting #portraitcommission #lifesaver #seattleartist #carpentry #figurepainting #seattleart #seattle #memorialportrait #father #grandfather #vintagedad #oldphoto #oilonboard #oilpainting #oilportrait #favorite #thankyou #inawe #amazed
I’ve been thinking a bit about the service of portraiture, or rather the interactions in service of it. And how much trust the person asking for the portrait must put in the painter. This is Richard, he was a family man and so beloved that after his passing his family banded together to memorialize him in a medium that tends to outlive its patrons. As I approach these works I am always trying to rise to honor this trust. It’s this awesome responsibility that I enjoy taking very seriously. But then there’s this really cool moment in conception when I try to take the work past expectation, into vision. It’s this other endeavor that feels just as important, maybe it’s art. • “Richard, for His Daughter” 9 x 12 in. Oil on birch panel • #portraitcommission #portraitpainting #memorial #father #grandfather #seattleartist #pnw #pnwart #seattleart #traditionalart #classicalart #contemporaryart #realistpainting #portrait #seascape #figurepainting #figuredrawing #figurativeart #seaside #oilportrait #oilpainting #contemporaryrealism #pnwbeauty
He’ll do anything for me but he won’t sit for a whole session. Ladies and gentlemen, 2 hours of @emmettbarton. I’ll get him next time 💘 • • • • • #allaprima #portraitpainting #husband #figurepainting #fleshtones #paintingfromlife #realistdrawing #figuredrawing #figurativeartist #realistart #figurativeart #pintura #instaart #classicalrealism #allaprimaportrait #fleshtones #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #portraitdrawing #drawfromlife #paintanyway #portrait_ig #portraitart #portret #seattleart #seattleartist #comtemporaryart #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #portraitpainter
Sketching in Tennessee ▫️ ▫️ ▫️ ▫️ ▫️ #sketching #tennessee #endofsummer #countrylife #cabin #familyhome #family #graphiteonpaper #nashville #nashvilletennessee #farmhouse #abandonedplaces places #franklintennessee #pencilsketch #backyard #southern #southerncharm #middletennessee #nashvillelife #nashvilleartist #sketch #sketchbook
Tiny 2 x 3” thumbnail sketch to map out light and shadow for a new portrait commission. It’s so cool when some one, in this case a family, entrusts you with a loved one’s portrait. I never get over it. ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ #portraitsketch #thumbnailscketch #graphiteonpaper #portraitdrawing #figuredrawing #figuresketch #portraitartist #portraitpainter #grandfather #familyportrait #portraitcommission #drawing #draweveryday #inmemoryof #memorial #pnw #washingtoncoast #seattle #seattleartist #portrait #lightandshadow #artprocess #wip

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