Exercise for this week was to do an underpainting using burnt sienna, raw umber and titanium white.  So a warm, a cool and a cool white.  This mastercopy will be covered over with the Zorn palette next week, but I was amazed at the variety of color that I got out of such a simple palette; it could almost pass as a full figure painting.  The initial painting was done with burnt sienna and raw umber and no white.
  My friend asked me how we got the initial outline drawing.  I wanted to scale my figure up so I drew directly onto the canvas and then inked it with a thin sharpie, but we've also done direct transfers to get the outlines.  I've had trouble with transfers (not from a moral point of view) but because the proportions seem to be clunky and always a little off despite the fact that it's a direct transfer.
  Our teacher for these last two weeks is Mitchell Price who, like all the teachers, has been fantastic.  He's very intelligent, knows anatomy like the back of his hand and has a real gift for teaching the process in a manageable way.

  Today was my first day back for my second year in the MA in Studio Art graduate program at the Florence Academy of Art.  It feels so good to be back and to see everyone again.  I'm looking forward to this 2nd year and can't wait to track my progress.  Also, check out the photo below :0

  I'll be teaching a 3 day plein air workshop at the Atelier at Flowerfield.  Registration is open HERE.  All painting media are welcome.