'Bonnie with John' Progress

Progress on 'Bonnie with John' oil on panel.

Detail of 'Bonnie with John', first pass of color over the under painting. Oil on panel, MS©2011

'Lissie' Under painting

The first pass on an under painting of 'Lissie', oil on linen.  MS©2011

'Bonnie with John' under painting

Detail of 'Bonnie with John' under painting

Part of an underpainting done with burnt umber and ultramarine blue on a wooden panel of a friend who was pregnant at the time. She is holding ultra sound images of her yet to be born son John. The basic figure was laid out using a sight size method with proportional dividers but the images of John were transferred directly.

'Bonnie with John', oil on panel.  MS©2011

'Grace' Oil Study

'Grace' is a work in progress, oil on linen. This is at the half way point, painting over the under-painting. MS©2011

Video of 'Bonnie ' Study

'Grace' Under-painting

Another Burnt Umber under-painting for a study of 'Grace'. oil on linen. MS©2011

Under-painting of 'Bonnie'

A Burnt Umber under painting of 'Bonnie' on linen.  A study for a future painting of Bonnie and John. The You Tube video is here,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooid2FDybws  .  MS©2011

Study of 'Erinn'

A charcoal and white chalk study drawing of 'Erinn' for an upcoming oil portrait. MS©2011

Study of 'Lissie'

A charcoal study on newsprint of 'Lissie'. MS©2011

Sketches of 'Bonnie' and 'Christa'

Sketches using an ink pen on paper of 'Bonnie' and 'Christa'. MS©2011