Entries categorized as ‘nude’
“Anna Dreaming”
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What a great day. I woke up feeling totally exhausted after a very late night having worked until midnight. But despite feeling dragged out, the day went pretty well. I worked on my commission painting and really brought it to a great place. For those of you who are following my
teaching blog, the painting is really looking up. I changed quite a bit since my last post early this morning. However, I’ve decided to wait until I’m finished with the painting to post the rest of the lessons. Don’t worry – I’m documenting every step! The reason for this decision is that I feel it is important that my customer be the first to see the finished painting. After all, it is for her. However, once she’s approved the piece, I’ll post the last two lessons.
So getting back to today…I got into the studio at 8:00 AM and brought the painting to it’s resting place for the day and then realized that I still had shopping to do for my class next week and won’t be able to do it between now and when I leave. So I cleaned up my palette, grabbed my purse and ran out the door. Three hrs later I’m back, but pooped. I just had time to dash off this figure sketch from an earlier one done in class. So my “daily” obligation is met and I can relax tonight. I won’t be publishing again for a few days as I will be attending atelier in Seattle and won’t return until Tuesday evening. With teaching on Wednesday and homework, my studio is disarray from the construction, it may be Thursday before I post again. Have a great week!
Categories: figure drawing · nude · reclining nude
“Watching TV”
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I spent a good part of the day starting a commission for a large peony painting. Check out my teaching blog for peek at the beginning stages. Just when I had wrapped up the first session and was ready to start another small oil for this blog, I received a phone call from my good friend and walking buddy who’s snow birding in CA. Chat, chat, chat…and nothing got done for the space of an hour. So I decided on a quick watercolor for a change. I could keep the lights bright and play for a bit. Hope you enjoy her as much as I did.
Categories: ala prima · daily painting · figure painting · nude · reclining nude · watercolor
“Juvia”
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Every now and again in figure drawing, I’m able to come up with a good color sketch. I particularly like the way this one came out. Juvia is an older model with interesting features. While not as shapely as many of the younger models who work for my group, Juvia is beautiful in spirit and has great character in her face. I think I managed to capture some of that in this sketch.
Categories: charcoal · figure drawing · nude · pastel painting · pastel portrait
December 24, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Repose”
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You probably think you’ve seen this one before. And you have – sort of. This is a large painting of the earlier small format figure study I did. I painted it in glazes and started with a full monochromatic under painting to make sure that the skin tones will glow more as the painting ages. I wish there were some way to really show this piece off. Photos just do not do it justice. As you turn the light up or down on a dimmer, the painting takes on a brighter luminescence that emanates from within the piece. There are some corrections that I can see still need to be made, but overall, I’m happy with it. Funny how things become apparent when you take a picture. No matter how much I look over my shoulder with a mirror, putting paintings on camera always reveals new things to my eye. I won’t bore you with the changes by posting the painting again. But you can always check back to my website at www.susanspar.com in a few weeks to see if you can notice any subtle differences.
I’m not sure if I’ll get the time to publish over the holiday, but just in case I don’t, let me take this opportunity to wish all of my collectors and friends out there a very happy Chaunukah and a very merry Christmas. Above all I wish you health and prosperity in the coming new year. I’d also like to take this opportunity to say a heart felt “thank you” to my collectors and customers who have purchased from me over the past year. Your purchases are always a compliment and so very much appreciated.
I hope to be able to provide you all with lovely new and exciting pieces as the new year progresses.
Categories: nude · oil painting · reclining nude · romantic painting · susan martin spar
“Nap on a Red Wool Blanket”
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Looks like it’s going to be a white Christmas. We’ve had a bunch of snow up here. Not quite as much as Seattle, but still more than we’re used to. Doesn’t look like my studio is going to get much work done on it and I can’t say I blame the construction guys. I wouldn’t want to work out there either.
We braved the elements to go to the Dentist today so he could declare my tooth “not healed”. Sigh. Back to the antibiotics. So…as a result of that mid-day foray, I had less time in the studio. I painted this little piece and threw in the red blanket to keep her warm.
Categories: ala prima · figure drawing · figure painting · nude
December 18, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Figure Study VI”
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I had an old root canal redone on Monday. Today the thing got infected and my face swelled up like a football! Between the pain and the drugs, I didn’t have the presence of mind to paint a large piece so I worked on this one. I like it but I’m still under the influence so who knows how I’ll feel about it tomorrow.
Categories: ala prima · daily painting · figure painting · nude
“Figure Study V”
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This is the fifth in a series of small format figure studies I’m doing. I really like the subtle colors and skin tones in this piece. I meet with my figure drawing group today and hope to complete something there as well. It’s a lot harder in the group because I can’t always get the spot I want and have to agree with eight or so other artists about the pose. I sure wish my studio were done so that I could have the models coming here more often. Things are just in too much disarray right now with the construction to have a model. You could hide a body in the old studio at this point.
Categories: ala prima · nude · oil painting · reclining nude
“A Little Pregnant”
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I started my larger figure painting today and along with all my desk work, I just had time to do a little piece. I like the ambiance of this piece and what it says about prenancy. My cousin is expecting any moment now. I haven’t seen her for months, but she was filled with twice the love and light she usually emits so I know she’s a walking candle now.
I know some of you are waiting for another floral or still life, but my studio is a bit of a mess with all the construction going on. My windows are blocked by the new studio which does not yet have it’s windows’s cut out and so I have no North Light. So things in that department are on hold for awhile. But as soon as I can clear a space, I promise to paint one.
Categories: ala prima · figure painting · nude · pregnant woman
December 5, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Figure Study II”
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This is the second nude figure study I’ve done in a small format. I’m really enjoying the challenge of these. But I especially like the opportunity that working in a small format provides for making changes and experimentation. Don’t like the color – change it. Don’t like the shape, change it. Viola! Great way to do studies for larger pieces. I’ve done this before, don’t know why I stopped. But I’m going to paste a big reminder to myself on my wall to do several before starting a large painting. Now I just have to remember to read the darn thing.
Categories: ala prima · figure painting · nude
“Figure Study, Small Format I”
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Sorry for the early post today. I’m on the fly today and had a bunch of stuff to do before heading to my drawing group. I decided to try a small format to get something quick done. Fun, fun, fun! I loved doing this! I learned so much from the brief exercise, I’ll be doing a bunch more just for the kick. OK…I’m off to my group.
Categories: ala prima · daily painting · figure painting · nude
