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446 journal entries / 531 original files / 2015–2023
446 entries
Sparkles
1 photograph
Reva (aka Mom)
1 photograph
Foujita inspiration
2 photographs
Orchid Gaze
2 photographs
Study in Shadows
2 photographs
Windswept
1 photograph
Bouguereau copy
1 photograph
Updated balcony
3 photographs
Dad
1 photograph
An overlooked painting
1 photograph
A section of a painting in progress
1 photograph
Candace Owens
1 photograph
Feeling “2020”
1 photograph
“Brothers in Arms”
1 photograph
Self-portrait 2020 (What am I?)
2 photographs
Down the river
1 photograph
Seeing things black and white
1 photograph
Gender studies
1 photograph
Fire and sea
3 photographs
A day at the beach
1 photograph
Modern modern art
1 photograph
Cheers!
1 photograph
Heather Macdonald
1 photograph
Emma
1 photograph
Douglas Murray
1 photograph
Sunshine on the balcony
1 photograph
Izzy in stereo
1 photograph
Some short studies in studio
4 photographs
A frame makes a painting!
1 photograph
In her own image
1 photograph
Petals
1 photograph
Theo
3 photographs
Max
1 photograph
Seated final
1 photograph
Sitting on a bed
1 photograph
Face study
1 photograph
Under the bridge
1 photograph
Another Seattle homeless
1 photograph
Homeless Seattle woman
3 photographs
Homeless man and dog
1 photograph
In the window
2 photographs
Little skeleton
2 photographs
Seattle Autumn
1 photograph
Henri Lebasque
1 photograph
Man
1 photograph
Seated man
1 photograph
Madeline eyes
1 photograph
Warm up
1 photograph
In progress
1 photograph
Study of Amy
1 photograph
Medici copy
1 photograph
Another Valerie
3 photographs
Lily pond
1 photograph
Old man in a garden
1 photograph
Valerie in the shadows
1 photograph
Garden book
1 photograph
Zorn palette study
2 photographs
Ugly paintings
2 photographs
A few more studies
3 photographs
Couple studies
2 photographs
Valerie in garden
1 photograph
Henri Labasque copy
1 photograph
It’s a nice sofa
1 photograph
Seriously
3 photographs
Class study
1 photograph
Olga
1 photograph
Walking away…
1 photograph
Tammy study
1 photograph
Tai Shan Schierenberg dual copy
1 photograph
Head study
1 photograph
Self portrait
5 photographs
Elephant and brass bowl still life
1 photograph
John Everett Millais – The Ransom section copy
1 photograph
Foot study
1 photograph
Another hand study in sunshine
1 photograph
Alla prima class
1 photograph
Uglow copy
2 photographs
Hand study
1 photograph
Some hand selfie
1 photograph
Another selfie
1 photograph
Table
1 photograph
Night stand in the morning
1 photograph
Good morning Cleo
1 photograph
Glass on a window sill
1 photograph
Ugly little pumpkin
1 photograph
George Claude – ploughboy partial copy
1 photograph
Two birds on a ledge
1 photograph
Portrait
1 photograph
Quick little pot
1 photograph
Mango
1 photograph
Leopold Schmutzler copy
1 photograph
Two little birds
1 photograph
Nagata portrait
4 photographs
Jenny 2.5
1 photograph
Jenny 2.5 underlayer
1 photograph
Jenny 2.0
2 photographs
Nutcracker final
1 photograph
Foo dogs final
1 photograph
Tree and elf final
1 photograph
Christmas ornament study
2 photographs
Portrait underlayer
1 photograph
Foo dogs underlayer
1 photograph
Drawing day
1 photograph
Tree underlayer
1 photograph
Nutcracker underlayer
1 photograph
Faces study
1 photograph
Another porcelain figure
1 photograph
Porcelain figure
1 photograph
Flowers
1 photograph
Bouquet
1 photograph
Flowers 2
1 photograph
Flower
1 photograph
Portrait
1 photograph
Ginger jar 2
1 photograph
Ginger jar
1 photograph
Quick persimmon
1 photograph
Garlic and scallion
1 photograph
Warm/Cool color study
1 photograph
Lemon
1 photograph
Still life
1 photograph
Nude color study
1 photograph
Portrait
1 photograph
Another persimmon
1 photograph
Couple of gourds
1 photograph
Color study
1 photograph
Complement study
1 photograph
Two persimmons
1 photograph
Leopold Schmutzler sketch
1 photograph
Portrait final
1 photograph
Cloisonne jar
2 photographs
7 bottles final
1 photograph
Another temperature study
1 photograph
Secondary color study
1 photograph
Seated nude final
1 photograph
Pumpkin final
1 photograph
Still life, day two
1 photograph
Skeleton final
1 photograph
Pumpkin underpainting
1 photograph
Still life underpainting
1 photograph
Cow bone on a brick – final
1 photograph
Man with urn sketch
1 photograph
Scary underpainting
1 photograph
Rembrandt color
1 photograph
Cow bone second layer
1 photograph
Standing nude final
1 photograph
Portrait layer two
1 photograph
Feathers and oranges final
1 photograph
Standing nude second day
1 photograph
Abstraction
1 photograph
Standing nude underlayer
1 photograph
Another Rembrandt sketch
1 photograph
Rembrandt sketch
1 photograph
Cow bone underlayer
1 photograph
Blue/Orange seated study final
1 photograph
Brushes and box
1 photograph
Seven pots
1 photograph
Complements study
1 photograph
Head sketch
1 photograph
Portrait study
1 photograph
Blue/Orange figure study day one
1 photograph
Male underlayer
1 photograph
Sitting nude second layer
1 photograph
Pear and apple peal
1 photograph
Orange and leaf
1 photograph
Persimmon
1 photograph
Color wheel
1 photograph
Figure underlayer
1 photograph
Figure…
1 photograph
Still life second layer
1 photograph
Oranges and feathers underlayer
1 photograph
Portrait value study 2
1 photograph
Portrait value study 1
1 photograph
Sexy hips study
1 photograph
Still life underlayer
1 photograph
Male nude underlayer
1 photograph
Portrait second layer
1 photograph
Three color study
1 photograph
Portrait underlayer
1 photograph
Sitting nude underlayer
1 photograph
Cornered nude second layer
1 photograph
Cornered nude underlayer sketch
1 photograph
Velazquez, “The Servant-Girl at Emmaus” threshold
1 photograph
Still life again
1 photograph
Still life underlayer
1 photograph
Figure under layer
1 photograph
Shaker and flowers final
2 photographs
Léon François Comerre – a harem beauty holding a pink fan update
1 photograph
Nude second layer
1 photograph
Shaker and vase under layer
1 photograph
Nepal figure
1 photograph
Edith Hope Iselin update
2 photographs
A couple updates
2 photographs
Man in hat second layer
1 photograph
Fat falcon
1 photograph
Mug and ape update
1 photograph
Ginseng bottle
1 photograph
Four items #2 update
1 photograph
An early update…
2 photographs
Two minor updates
2 photographs
Bougueareau – Souvenir second layer
1 photograph
Red pot update
1 photograph
Four items update
1 photograph
May 26th tea caddy update
1 photograph
July 23rd Black woman update
1 photograph
Santa snake
1 photograph
Bougueareau – Souvenir underlayer
1 photograph
Monkey seen, monkey done
1 photograph
George Frederic Watts – Mrs Fitzmaurice June 18th Update
1 photograph
May 17th Delacroix update
1 photograph
June 9th update
1 photograph
June 12th update
2 photographs
February 5th update
1 photograph
Nicandra June 18th update
2 photographs
Couple updates
2 photographs
June 8th update
1 photograph
June 10th update
1 photograph
Fresher oranges
1 photograph
June 9th update
1 photograph
The other eggs
1 photograph
Eggs again
2 photographs
My little friend
1 photograph
Redhead profile second layer
2 photographs
Woman in shadows second layer
1 photograph
Friend second layer
1 photograph
Redhead in profile
1 photograph
Friend painting
1 photograph
Woman in shadows
1 photograph
Woman profile
1 photograph
Kettlebell
1 photograph
Kettlebell sketch
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl redo final
1 photograph
Class final…for now
1 photograph
Lilacs woman
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl redo day 4
1 photograph
Lovis Corinth – Maltrose (sailor) final
1 photograph
Sunny tea
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl redo day 3
1 photograph
Lovis Corinth – Maltrose (sailor) layer 3
1 photograph
Class day 4
1 photograph
Arnold
1 photograph
Class day 3
1 photograph
Painting judge 2
2 photographs
Painting judge
1 photograph
Black woman
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl redo day 2
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl… Redo day one
1 photograph
Lovis Corinth – Maltrose (sailor) Grisaille layer 2
1 photograph
Facial planes
1 photograph
Albert Henry Collings – the studio mirror
1 photograph
Class day 2
1 photograph
Philip Alexius de László – Edith Hope Iselin
1 photograph
Lovis Corinth – Maltrose (sailor) Grisaille
1 photograph
Léon François Comerre – a harem beauty holding a pink fan
2 photographs
Mervyn O’Gorman photograph
1 photograph
Leopold Schmutzler – a portrait of an elegant woman seated in a garden holding a bouquet of roses
1 photograph
Jules-Cyrille Cavé – young girl with curvy hair
1 photograph
Portrait class day one
1 photograph
Frederic Soulacroix
1 photograph
Live sketches
1 photograph
Harold Harvey – Sue Palmer
1 photograph
Jose Gutierrez Solana – Maninro Rojo
1 photograph
Cheese cake update
1 photograph
Lovis Corinth – Maltrose (sailor) study
1 photograph
Gerald Brockhurst – the black shawl
1 photograph
Alexander di Cristofano Allori – final
2 photographs
Alexander di Cristofano Allori – underlayer
1 photograph
Edward John Poynter – Cressida
1 photograph
Ashley study
1 photograph
George Frederic Watts – Mrs Fitzmaurice
1 photograph
Edward John Poynter – Cressida underpainting
1 photograph
John William Godward – Edith Warwick
1 photograph
John William Godward – Edith Warwick
1 photograph
Leighton Frederic – Catarina
1 photograph
George Frederic Watts again
2 photographs
Samantha study
1 photograph
George Frederic Watts
1 photograph
Leighton Frederic – Nicandra again
2 photographs
Leighton Frederic- Nicandra
1 photograph
Bottles and apple
1 photograph
Flowers in a pot
1 photograph
Apples and bottle
2 photographs
Pear and pot
1 photograph
Lock Ness over paint
1 photograph
Bottle and apple still life
1 photograph
Pot and apple yet again
1 photograph
Pot and apples again
1 photograph
Still life
1 photograph
Green pot and apple
2 photographs
Enough with the cheese cakes
1 photograph
More cheese cakes
1 photograph
Winterhalter final
1 photograph
Cheesecake
1 photograph
Winterhalter face
1 photograph
Lazy legs
1 photograph
Winterhalter trees
1 photograph
Winterhalter dress
1 photograph
Winterhauser progress
1 photograph
Ness 3
1 photograph
Frame repair
2 photographs
Tree and flowers update
1 photograph
Tea caddy
1 photograph
Tea caddy color progress
1 photograph
Three monkeys
2 photographs
Tea caddy underlayer
1 photograph
Self portrait underlayer
2 photographs
Black teapot again
2 photographs
Black tea pot
1 photograph
Winterhalter underlayer progress
1 photograph
Flower study
1 photograph
Eugene Delacroix – A Mad Woman under painting
1 photograph
Brass paperweight
1 photograph
Sunlight
1 photograph
Winterhalter underpainting
1 photograph
Winterhalter underpainting start
1 photograph
Bridgman – after the bath, final
1 photograph
Cleopatra final
1 photograph
Red face
1 photograph
Cleopatra progress
1 photograph
Venetian lovers final
1 photograph
Baccus final
1 photograph
Venetian lovers progress
1 photograph
Baccus progress 2
1 photograph
Baccus progress
1 photograph
Death of Cleopatra underlayer
1 photograph
Death of Cleopatra underlayer
1 photograph
Bridgman – After the bath
1 photograph
Venetian couple progress
1 photograph
Music allegory
1 photograph
Baccus progress
1 photograph
Music allegory progress
1 photograph
Baccus & Ceres underpainting/study
1 photograph
Music allegory underpainting
1 photograph
Venetian couple underlayer
1 photograph
Dress study 2
1 photograph
Dress study
1 photograph
Fabric folds
1 photograph
Portrait study 2
1 photograph
Quick portrait
1 photograph
Hawk hack
1 photograph
Paper weight
1 photograph
Random study
1 photograph
Nose/mouth study
1 photograph
Nose study
1 photograph
Pirate
1 photograph
Sculpture study
1 photograph
Discus study 2
1 photograph
Discus study
1 photograph
Landscape
1 photograph
Landscape in progress
1 photograph
Fur study
1 photograph
Red shed
1 photograph
Frame restoration
2 photographs
Clay pot final
2 photographs
Daffidil edit
1 photograph
Garden statue
1 photograph
Catfish
1 photograph
Garden statue underpainting
1 photograph
Tree at green lake (Seattle)
2 photographs
Blonde underpainting
1 photograph
California live oak
3 photographs
Candle light 2
1 photograph
Candle light
1 photograph
Gandhara Buddha
2 photographs
Neptune in progress…
1 photograph
Californian scene background
1 photograph
Neptune underpainting 2
1 photograph
Neptune underpainting
1 photograph
Sculpture underpainting
1 photograph
Ball jar with lemon
1 photograph
Neptune sketch
2 photographs
I got your back
1 photograph
Corner of a room 2
1 photograph
Corner of a room
1 photograph
Pepper on paper
1 photograph
Um, self portrait
2 photographs
Lilies in a vase
1 photograph
Floating pitchers
1 photograph
Live oak
1 photograph
Bay area valley view
1 photograph
Sconce shadows
1 photograph
Asian man
1 photograph
Tree in the woods
1 photograph
Daffidil in a jug
1 photograph
Flying pig
2 photographs
Black woman
1 photograph
Pot and egg
1 photograph
Matches
1 photograph
Death cap mushrooms
2 photographs
Three old bottles
1 photograph
Stone gazebo
2 photographs
Little monk
2 photographs
Just one tissue
1 photograph
Ball, jug, coffee pot still life
1 photograph
Artificial plant in artificial light
1 photograph
Ball, pot, ape, mug still life
1 photograph
Lighthouse
1 photograph
Coffee pot, glass ball, pot
1 photograph
House on San Juan island
1 photograph
Metal cup and ape bank
3 photographs
Several still life underpaintings
1 photograph
Pot and painted egg underpainting
1 photograph
Green earthen pot early layers
2 photographs
Floating pitchers gray later
2 photographs
Small flowered pot
1 photograph
Bell pepper on cloth gray later
1 photograph
John William Godward painting
1 photograph
Loch Ness 3
1 photograph
Asian woman gray layer
1 photograph
Pomegranate 3rd try
1 photograph
Asian man gray layer
1 photograph
Pot and pitcher
1 photograph
Four ceramics 2
1 photograph
Four ceramics
1 photograph
Orange and leaf 2
1 photograph
Portrait gray layer
1 photograph
Another try on eggs
1 photograph
Fruit on marble
1 photograph
Portrait underpaintings
2 photographs
Godward underpainting and grey layer
3 photographs
Red pot
3 photographs
Daytime landscape
1 photograph
Orange and leaf
1 photograph
Wood box
1 photograph
Sunset landscape
1 photograph
Seattle skyline 2
1 photograph
Seattle skyline
1 photograph
Lock Ness 2
1 photograph
Lock Ness
4 photographs
Pomegranate 2
1 photograph
Pomegranate
1 photograph
Squash
3 photographs
Fence and trees
1 photograph
Porcupine 2
2 photographs
Porcupine
1 photograph
Three oranges
1 photograph
Orange
1 photograph
Coffee cup
1 photograph
Cast iron horse
1 photograph
Acorn squash… second try
1 photograph
Acorn squash
1 photograph
Still life
1 photograph
First portrait
1 photograph
Some roses
1 photograph
Three eggs
1 photograph
First painting to learn shadow coloring
1 photograph
Here’s to the new year
2 photographs
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