RETURN TO STILL LIFE

After Leah Hopkins Henry's still life class, I remembered that I had in fact tried some still life's earlier. Above is one of the bay window in my kitchen at my former house with several of my orchid plants. This is acrylic. I still have issues with tonal transitions and modeling form in acrylic. I just don't like the mess and clean up of oils. Maybe I'll try some water soluble oils. Anyone have any experience or suggestions as to water soluble oils?(copyright C. Gregory Price)

IMAGES FROM LEAH HOPKINS HENRY SEMINAR

I took a few shots of the group participating in the Leah Hopkins Henry seminar including the still life set-up that we used for the class. Thought you might like to see them!!!!

LEAH HOPKINS HENRY SEMINAR

I just attended an evening seminar with Leah Hopkins Henry a noted Atlanta and Southeastern portraitist/painter. It was a brief seminar on staging, blocking in and formating still life's. She is a very skillful and interesting artist, originally from Rome, GA who gave very specific but usable tutelage. The pastel here is my first ever attempt at a quick sketch-in still life in pastels. For a one hour effort, it is interesting for several reasons, if not for the most important one, i.e. it has shown me that there is fun to be had in setting up and sketching a still life! Not marketable, but a good way to train the eye. (image copyright 2009 C. Gregory Price)

Hand Study

I needed to have something to show for the upcoming Rome Art Coterie Art Exhibit at the RACA Gallery in Rome, GA, so this weekend I finished a hand study in pastel. Didn't realize how hard it was to draw a hand, since I had been focusing recently on mug shots. Anyway, what do you think? Note: Copyright 2009 C. Gregory Price --all images this blog copyright C. Gregory Price

RECENT WORK

A friend of mine, Ann has these two adorable grandkids. Here is my effort to do graphite portrait sketches of them. I did these on gessoed canvas panels. When I finish they are somewhat light in contrast, stark in sharpness and fragile, i.e. graphite smears. However, when sprayed with Prismacolor Final Fixative the sharpness develops a softer and darker more pleasing tone and the work is thus also somewhat protected from the elements.

Back in the Saddle Again

Well, I hate to admit but with the complications of running my law office and expanding my duties on the Juvenile Court Bench, I have not endeavored to create any works until just recently. But, I am now back in the saddle, although with not quite acceptable results. I have discovered that working in pastels in low light is like trying to paint blind. I need a daylight(tm) lamp!!! Anyway, here is the effort. It is my brother-in-law, Gary who is the Chief Deputy Clerk for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Pastel, copyright C.Gregory Price 2009.

Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

In preparation for some new work to submit to the Rome Art Coterie Gallery Show at the Rome Area Council for the Arts (to begin in September), I was going through some archived items and found several works that might be of interest: (note--if you are interested in purchasing any of these items, please send me a post. GREG (all work copyright C. Gregory Price 2008/2009-all rights reserved).