It is my great pleasure to receive the Figurative Art Convention & Expo Scholarship.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Convention.

I booked a studio pass so those who are going to be at the scene will catch me painting. Feel free to come say hi!

I was fortunate enough to have been accepted and enrolled in a Masters Workshop with Steven Assael at the New York Academy of Art last weekend, drawing the model under his instructions while observing countless demos of the master at work. 

Day 1
 

 I arrived at the New...

A Charcoal Demonstration I completed in three hours for my students. 

Materials: Vine Charcoal, Kneadable Eraser, Blending Stumps

Full Time lapse Video of the Painting of Jeffrey. 

Done within 3 hours on a 11"x14" Panel.

I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the Palette Project, which is a mentoring system under Daniel Keys and Michelle Dunaway at the Scottsdale Artist School for the weekend, painting the portrait under their instructions while observing demos done by the...

I start out by applying a thin wash of Ultramarine Blue and Cadmium Orange over the entire canvas to set a neutral ground.

Using my rag, I roughly wipe out where I estimate the lighter region of the painting will be, building a rough structural layout along the wa...

After a huge blizzard yesterday in the East Coast, the snow piled up to two feet. Had to seize this opportunity to do my very first snowy Plein Air. 

Found a park nearby, but still had to trudge through snow to get to a spot where I'm satisfied with the lighting and co...

Many artists who work in oil have different mediums and colors that they prefer. This is a view of what works for me and what I use during my painting endeavors. This isnt a strict palette since I do change and add some new colors to try out for studies and projects bu...

 I first lay in a saturated neutral color as the base for the face. I use little to no white in this process, using a mix of Naples Yellow, Cad Yellow, Cad Red, Cobalt Blue, and Viridian.

At this stage I mixed a new shade of color for the skintone to la...