Work In Progress...Fragonard Portrait study.

color study using basic shapes

Master study In oil after Bouguereau

I recently started learning how to paint to advance my career as a portrait artist, I was struggling several weeks ago so I decided to do several master study's In oil to get a better handling of oil. This Is the first study still In progress, Its a sketch In oil after the French Artist Bouguereau I plan on completing the study after I finish another small assignment for a client.

Basic Shape study

I was having a little bit of trouble painting recently I could not figure out how to layer values on top of each other properly without making everything to gray. So I decided to take out my book titled Light for the Artist By Ted Seth Jacobs. There are several examples of rendering basic shapes to understand light and form rendering, understanding how to draw and paint these basic shapes well Is the groundwork for drawing anything. When an artist draw's they break complex shapes into basic shapes, circles, squares, cylinders, and cones. If one replicate shadows, lights, values on basic shapes they can use these tools to draw complex shapes such as the human form.

Figure study In Grisaille

This is my 3rd attempt of a figure study In grisaille I used the video by Robert Liberace as an example to follow by, I see many errors In this painting ranging from flat value's to abstract and irregular shapes of the human form. I am taking a small breaking working on some digital concept art for a video, practicing light and form exercise's and will try again possibly this weekend. I know I have an adequate understanding of drawing I just need to translate that to oils and that will take practice and patience. Critiques or suggestions welcome.