A female model's first sitting
It was a rainy Saturday this Easter weekend. I went to an evening live model session at Lynn's studio by chance that I found through Instagram, also it was very close where I live. About 10 artists showed up, and one came all the way from Oakland on such a rainy weekend. Painting and photography are unique arts. As we see in the work of old masters, great painting captures instead the outward molding of inner feeling that is truer to the individual than any momentary expression. Because artist adds emotion into the painting it is unique to the individual. Different color palettes, brushstrocks, or different perpectives to catch the likelness of the model. Painting a model in realistic style isn't as important to me as capturing the essence of the model's expression. I don't use a reference photo to copy a model, instead I use my eye and my hands to capture the expression from life, practise during the precious moments of the painting session. Of course, I use r