Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone Again (or still)
Things in my life have changed pretty drastically over the last couple of months. When I have some more time and am better able to articulate it I will fill you in.
In the meantime here is my weekly update.
Some tattoos from this past week:
Monday morning was back to painting class and working on this series. The photos were taken with an iPod, so they aren’t that great – but show the stages that I am at.
Had a break during the day and then back to the studio for figure drawing class Monday night. I was feeling pretty “off” on my figure drawing – but persevered anyhow. It’s good practice even when the results are less than I would have hoped for.
The last two hours of figure drawing was the fourth and final sit for this model. Since I was in Alfred last week – this was my opportunity to try and finish up my painting.
This was a huge step for me. I am used to making tattoo portraits from photographs – so the whole process of drawing from life can be frustrating – Then to take that further painting the figure instead was challenging. Now that I have done one, I don’t know if I would paint the entire figure again – I would probably zoom in closer on the face or something.
It was a great learning experience for me anyhow and I am very glad that I did it.
Last night I also took some photos of what some of the other people in the group where doing:
and mine:
Finished and photographed at home (this time I think the color is better on the iPod pictures): 
This week my friend who doesn’t like to be named on the internet sent me some roses – which made for good reference photos. 
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