Live Model Long and Short pose Studies on Tuesday
After a whole week of Plein Air painting at Capitola and exhibition sales, only had Monday for managing home and personal stuff. Rained a lot, it was necessary for California. We had Courtney as our long pose. She arrived a little earlier, dressed up very trendy with make-up, she looked very pretty in black and red outfit, including her bag. I designed the painting on a16"x20" used panel. She was a good model, and got back to the correct position after each break. I painted loosely the whole the whole figure, including her bag. Three hours gone, time was up, and I realized that I painted her head a little bigger than it should be. Then I decided not changing anything, just because my original brushes and design fit her funky style. May do a new one next week. Evening we had a new model Allen. His short poses were very good, and his body shape seemed perfectly built for modelling. Wish he could be our long pose model someday. (November 8 2022)