"Santa Fean 9"

"Santa Fean 9"

6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

                  (Ref: B&W photo in "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 8"

"Santa Fean 8"

6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

             (Ref,B&W photo: From "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 7"

"Santa Fean 7"

6"x6" oil,
on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

    (Ref,B&W photo: From "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 6"

"Santa Fean 6"

6"x6"  
oil, on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

                   (Ref,B&W photo: From "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 5"

"Santa Fean 5"

6"x6"  
oil, on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

                 (Ref,B&W photos : "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 4"

"Santa Fean 4"
6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile.

(Ref,B&W photos : "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"Santa Fean 3"

I am planning to do one portrait a day starting August 1.
I am painting people in Santa Fe, the town I am living.

6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand  artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile

                 (Ref,B&W photos : "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"SantaFean 2"

"Santa Fean 2"

6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand  artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile 

                 (Ref,B&W photos : "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

"SantaFean 1"

6"x6" 
oil on Ampersand  artist panel, cradled 3/4" profile 
 

                 (Ref,B&W photos : "E PLURIBUS UNUM Santa Fe" by Axle Contemporary)

" Figure Drawings"

Tuesday Night Figure Drawings: short poses, 10-15min

" Figure Drawing"

24x12, charcoal, on news print

                                

"Portrait from Mugshot of Celebrity"

6"x6" oil on gessobord

"Tilda "

24X24, Mixed Media, on Canvas

working in process

These are working process of my final piece for this course. Not finished yet: 24x24, on canvas, Mixed media ( acrylics, sand, and pastel) I had a surface I created for a while ago as the base of a painting. It has lots of texture. My reference is Tilda Swinton which I use for the previous charcoal study. There I didn't include the hands. Here I am adding hands. 1) I applied reds and green over the old surface. I forgot to take photo of the old surface. Blue showing through is old surface. 2) I applied light browns and scratch some random lines. 3) Wash off some part to reveal underneath 4) Draw in hands and facial feature.

                                                                                                     
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"Tilda Swinton"

 14x18
Mixed Media(acrylics, charcoal, pastel)
on illustration board















Ref.

"pink socks"

Oil on canvas, 12x18

This is from a photo of my daughter sitting on the big cushion with her cat, looking up. I skipped the cat to paint. The diagonals in composition intrigued me to paint this.

My daughter is one person I know who wares "Pink" so well, as a grownup, naturally.
Color "Pink" and I don't complement each other. With pink on me, my skin color looking ugly and ,vice versa. On me, color pink looks so unnatural, unsophisticated color.

"Me"

14x17, charcoal on ledger

I made a composition rather than just a portrait.

"Self Portrait"

This drawing of 'me', through the mirror. It is impossible for me to do well with photograph.
So spontaneous and  simply done with fewest strokes possible.
It works!
I got the essence of me here.

pen & charcoal, on sketch pad,
11x14

11x14, charcoal on paper
I love the depth with layered effects charcoal is creating. It give haunting beauty.

"Self Portrait"

"Hye, at the studio, with apron on"

 11x17, compressed charcoal, on  sketch pad

"Me"

Last night, I found this drawing I did just before I moved to Santa Fe, on May, 2012. I was not quite happy with the piece, then. But I am looking at it now, not bad and happy that I am looking lot younger, even only 2 yrs passed by.

                                                
oil pastel,
16x20, on canvas pad

"Figuire Drawing"

I made head tilted more forward with longer neck from the previous study (I), exaggerating boxed shape of this pose:

 charcoal  (compressed) drawing with turpentine wash
16x20, on canvas pad

the previous study_I

"Figuire Study III"

Revised_Final _vs.2                                                                                   vs.1
                                                                         

oil,14x18, on Illustration board

     
vs.2 : Worked on head & neck area. Hope that I made it better.
         Usually I mess up when I touch up the finished one later.                                          

"Blind Drawings"

These are drawings done without looking what you are drawing.
Much more expressive than usual way of drawing. If it is not blind drawing, this line quality won't happen.

                                                                           11x14 sketchbook rollerball pen

"Hye" with a headache, this morning:

I  am not a pretty woman here! I woke up with a headache. 

Maybe it shows thru the drawing!?

             11x14 sketchbook rollerball pen

"Double Composition"

18x24 on newsprint
 pen with  charcoal

 

18x24 on newsprint
charcoal

"Red Hair II"

"self portrait"

81/2x 11 on sketch book, charcoal & pastel

My self portrait from the mirror. Someone one told me that he could recognized me from my Apr 14's posting of self portrait, but somewhat different from real person, younger and prettier than.... Last night I put the mirror right in front of me and draw this. Trying to show my drooping chin line with 'no fun' expression.
And I will show this one to my friend to see how he thinks.
BTW, I color my hair red against gray.
                                                                                                   

"Red Hair I"

"Self Portrait "

20x 15, acrylics, on Illustration board

 I am taking E course, "Draw and paint what you Love - Spring 2014".
 Last week was Week 1: Mark Making. I did my self portrait for the Mark-making practice. I found it lot easier to approach the painting by thinking "I am JUST making various marks". It frees me and more fun.

"Self Portrait "

"The drawing of myself"  
I did this drawing from the memory.
 I still have vivid memory of myself from the last few self portraits I did at the beginning of this year.



16"x18"
 compressed charcoal

Sunset In Santa Fe

 I love this song " Sunset in Santa Fe"
.http://youtu.be/f0hfRGCc58U

Strangely enough, there are many folks move to Santa Fe, by falling love with Santa Fe sky.
I am the one of them.