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| My Grandma Oil on Wood 12"x17" This was my latest painting, straying away from friends with mustaches. I am getting into painting older family members. This creates the challenge of adding more shapes to the face along with more shades of color. Also, straying away from leaving the original surface in the face, even though you can still see the wood. In more paintings to come, viewers will see older family members in my life and the colors that represent their personalities. |
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| Derek O'Brien Oil on Wood 12"x17" In my fourth portrait painting I broke down the shapes even more. I used more colors ranging from dark to light. I kept the wood shapes to give depth and to play into my concept of leaving the original surface. I also finished the trend of painting friends with mustaches. Also in this last painting you start to get the adobe illustrator feel that this painting was either painted or created on the computer. |
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| Charles Weir Oil on Wood 12"x17" In my third portrait painting I broke down the shapes more than I had in the previous two. I kept the subject zoomed in to eliminate negative space. I kept the wood in image to represent "scruff" in his beard. |
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| Paul O'Dea Oil on Wood 12"x17" This was my second portrait painting. I zoomed in on the face to take away from the negative space in the background. The left to wood shades to give depth, but also too leave the initial surface of the wood. |
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| Justin Brawley Oil on Wood 12"x17" This was my first portrait painting, my concept was to choose people that were either my friends/family and find the values in their face. I took these values and sectioned them off through shapes. I limited myself by choosing two colors that I felt portrayed their personality and received different tones by incorporating some white. |
