Painting strill in progress: Margie and Elizabeth

Having finished final exam, now I can paint decent level...

These are portraits ongoing:

"Reading Verlaine" Finished

This is a young woman's portrait romanticizing about her future lover.

Classical Portraits:In Progress

I am usually do two painting works at same time that makes easier to look back at the ongoing paintings with fresh eyes.

One is quickly painted on the pencil sketched canvas, about 2nd stage putting color. It is ready to go more detailed rendering.

Another one is casually pencil sketched to get whole look of image after the photo shoot with my model. this is commissioned work, I am amazed with the fact everyone has different aura and atmosphere!!

for special encouragement, Thank you Bobby.

Landscape painting 2

General summer scenery of Oakville

Landscape painting

As the weather gets cooler, I miss the summer landscape.

New Portrait Painting

These are paintings commissioned by my friends in my town.

It was similar like this, more brownish...

Why people go to gallery.

In my brain, there were an argument that whether the painting work is just a linen fablic with nice colors or something more valuable.

You know, some nice canvas-prints are found at winners for about 50 dollars. Good price.
But is it really the painting only to decorate wall? I saw the answer for myself.

Today, I went to some gallery in Lakeshore and saw barbizon style paintings.
It is the normal local color, and normal green landscape. but.....the brush strokes are just amazing! I really felt the artist out her spirit in each brush strokes....and I felt the warm wind, temperatures of the forest. This painting had real "aura".

Portrait of Little Girl

Started drawing portrait pictures I took from one of clients. She is half-Latin and Scottish. Photograph itself looks very professional. damn, I am good! (I will post pictures later)

Sketching life figures all day

I was sick all day from stress.. so I spend all day doing sketches. I love doing sketches on my futon couch, so comphotable; but I get passed out very often....zzzzzz

Meanwhile, I was making homemade natto beans. hope turns out well tomorrow

What Being Freelance Artist Means...

From Bobby, I learned being an freelance artist takes so much responsibility...

There are two kinds: the one settle down with mediocre(struggling with mortgages with mild income), and the other strives for establishing own name (so he eventually might get upper-middle class level...)

Both options have uncertainty. Let me figure out how much energy I can put into.

Production Planning for Solo Eshibition at Lakeshore in January

I got 5 weeks of exhibition at Timothy's cofee shop at lakeshore area in Oakville.
Since they like family theme, I am thinkig about what subject is best.

Paintings of My Old Days

I am a painting addict and I always think of color. These are some works and studies I did back long ago. (sorry for horizontal alignment)