The workshop began on Sunday evening with a painting demonstration by Abner. Abner responded to questions as he demonstrated his technique for painting a portrait from a live model. The workshop continued Monday-Friday with two models posing for the workshop, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.             […]

My painting of the model Rick during the 3 hour open studio at OCAF. I began with a drawing of Rick using a mixture of ivory black and raw sienna (step 1). Step 1 Next I added the darks and some middle tones (step 2). Step 2 Then I added more middle tones, and then […]