Portrait Paitings

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.