Head study from model class

Went to model class yesterday evening, resulting in this head study...

Head study from model class, 20x20 cm.

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Head study low perspective

Yesterday evening I did this quick sketch, a head study from a low point of view...

Head study low perspective, 20x20 cm.

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Still life with red box.

Yesterday evening I painted this little still life featuring a red metal box. I painted it under a warm artificial light...

Still life with red box., 16x16 cm.

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Portrait

I painted this quick portrait sketch today, a copy of a contemporary american master...

Portrait, 20x30 cm.

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Working on apples

Thought I'd post an image of my setup today. The thing you see in the middle is my rotating easle. The board on which the painting is mounted is attached to the easle with a center screw. So the entire painting can rotate around its central axis... Today's painting is the one with the 2 apples...

Working on apples, 15x25 cm.

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Still life with apple, light study.

Yesterday I painted a rough sketch of 2 apples using an old bristle. Because the hair of the brush were a bit out of shape (pointing in all directions, more or less), the painting featured all kinds of light spots. This for some reason created a nice illusion of light in the painting. I tried to replicate this effect today, in this one, but with less success. Must try that old brush again tomorrow...

Still life with apple, light study., 15x20 cm.

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Still life plate of apples (work in progress)

I started a larger still life painting this afternoon, featuring a plate of apples. Tried a new way of painting (new for me): the sight-size method. In this way of painting one judges the changes to be made on the canvas from a distance of 4 or so metres away. At a distance it is easier to see differences between the subject and the painting in progress. Disadvantage is that one has to keep walking to and from the painting all the time...

Still life plate of apples (work in progress), 45x40? cm.

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Figure study

No painting today but a page from my sketchbook. I've been drawing a lot of figure studies lately. This one is now on display in the monastery on the Van Oldenbarneveltstraat in Nijmegen, where I live (in the first-floor toilet.)

Figure study, 20x18 cm.

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