Student Portrait Shoot

Megan missed picture day at our school. She needed to have her picture taken for the yearbook, but she was also thinking about gifts for her parents and boyfriend. This was pretty informal and improvised after school, but with the help of an overcast day and a skylight in the hall, I think we got some beautiful shots. You can see more at my Mallory's Milieu.

Megan

I think I'm done. 8x10 Acrylic on canvas board. I got some bright, funky colors back, but I had to go with primaries because I never could capture the purples that I wanted. I think it lends a Latino flavor to it. Don't know if that's my Southwestern background coming out or her Hispanic heritage or just coincidence. Students think it looks like her and one of my best students said that they like it so I think it's ready to go.

Scroll down to see how it looked when I first started and while I was working on it.

Not sure

I don't know if this is progress or regression. I liked the variety of colors and the bold vibrant colors yesterday. I'm not sure how much it looks like the subject yet. At least I do like that she looks happier and less worried. Either scroll down past the political cartoon, or click here to see what it how it started out.
We'll see, maybe Monday it will finally come together.

What's on my easil right now

I have a student in the hospital, so in lieu of flowers, I thought I'd make small acrylic painting. I used a photo that had already been made "psychedelic" in PhotoShop. I'm kind of going for a loose, free, fun, bold, bright Peter Max sort of thing. I'm already running into some snags and it's only Day 1. Maybe you can see how I need to rework the eye sockets. I also can't seem to match the purples and reds that I want to. We'll see how tomorrow goes- hopefully better.

Megan

Since I kind of get ahead of the students, right now that's on our sketches of the full skeleton, when they don't need my help, I started drawing them. Here's Megan, a pretty good drawer herself and a cheerleader last football season. Her new lip ring put an end to that according to State Association rules. Maybe she'll tryout for mascot.