Here is a painting I started last spring but could not finish it. I find it last night and I am happy I finished it today. Looks like people don’t like my nude figure :( and the nude figure is not my favorite subject either. Hopefully, not more nude figure next year…

Allied Arts - Menlo Park (Plein Air)

A halfway painting

Not available.
This is an unfinished painting I did last week. I don’t want to continue it now, but I think I should post it here to share my progress.
By the way, left up corner is the photo reference I taped on my canvas.

Napping

A two days pose, the angle and the color were challenge for me.

Head Study 2

I did not paint many black peoples, let me know how do you think about this little piece.

Figure Study

Bird Pond

I am glad that more artist friends joined us for the plein Air today. Especially Bonnie, first time joined us and did a beautiful landscape, hope we can see you more!

Portrait Study

A Message

Before Wedding

A rainy day

Available at Silvana Gallery.

Thursday is the only day I have time to do Plein Air painting, so I didn’t want to miss the opportunity today even I knew it’s going to rain.

Believe or not, this painting was painted by oil paint plus rainwater :)

Cheer! Kelvin and Alan, we did great job today.

Head study

This is a new picture for the painting, and the color is closer to the original.

Fisherman

I did this quick study from Palo Alto art center this afternoon, last time I painted there was one year ago, the challenge for painting there is the lighting is not perfect...

By the way, if you live near south bay of San Francisco, and you know some good locations, please let me know, maybe we can paint some Plein Air together.

An old story - SOLD

Winter memory

Available at Silvana Gallery.

Boats (Monterey Bay)

Evening Fall...

I am so happy this is my last nude figure for the year! The nude figure is not my favorite subject to paint, but it is the best subject to practice my skill; I believe I can paint better next year.

I hope you enjoyed my blog this year, and wish everybody a wonderful holiday season!!

Two figures study

Recently I did some two figures studies, here is one of them. I don't feel it's harder than one figure, but I need to think faster and paint faster because the time for the painting is as same as one figure.

Plein air painting. this is first time I painted on a wood board, pretty smooth!

Rest

San Francisco 5

Market street

Way to studio

A break in studio - SOLD

by New Masters Gallery.

San Francisco (early morning)

Celery

Available at Silvana Gallery.

I don't paint still life too much, but just did this one today for a homework, please let me know you opinion.

A man alone

His handsome face and matted hair attracted me. I felt that I painted the hair a little too tight when I looked at it the next morning. I will try it better next time.

Self portrait

I don't like to paint self portrait, but I did this one because it is a homework.
I love drawing, but most of the time I choice to paint because I love oil painting more.
So when I am painting, some time I feel I holding my brush like holding a piece of charcoal, after I finished the painting, I use my camera to transfer the picture to monochrome, then I can see my painting as a charcoal drawing, like this one.

Please let me know, if you have a title for this painting.

Asia girl

Not available.

This is a five days painting from live, one day per week, so I used five weeks to finish the painting. The difficulty is let the model back to the same pose after a week.

Head sketch

Not available.


A quick oil sketch I did today.

Impression of Shuhe old town

This is the only painting I did from my trip to China, more expressive than the painting I posted before.

Gypsy girl

I just came back from China, it was a great trip, but now I think I am back to my normal life, I will painting more and keep posting my work here.
This is still an old one which I painted months ago from Palo Alto Art Center right before my friend Qiang visit me.

a tiger

I am still in Kunming City. I thought I will paint some paintings here, but looks like not easy to concentrate on it.

Here is a quick study that I did a couple of months ago, and I will keep posting my new works after I am back to home next month.

Red apple

The green cloth, and the expression of the model, reminded me “the Red Guards” during the Culture Revolution of China. I am not that old to see the real “Red Guards”, but I saw their pictures when I was kid in China.

It is difficult to paint people’s hands if she is keep moving. I added the table, apple, and the chair by imagination, just want to get better composition. I am not sure if I add more apples will looks better, how do you think?

When I take the picture of this painting, I cannot avoid the reflection from one side corner, so I changed the picture to a monochrome painting to see it, it has less effect by the refection. Because the painting is bigger (18 x 24)? If any body has any idea to solve this problem, please let me know.

I am going to China tomorrow for about a month, but I will have my paint brushes with me, so I will keep posting my work on my blog if I can find a good internet connection in Kunming.

Girl

Available at Silvana Gallery.

I was try to catch some thing form her eyes…

White beard - White Beard

by Silvana Gallery.

A little one I did this week, from live, hope you like it.

Thinker

The head and the shoulder both are important for this live painting; they are the first and second focal points. The challenge from this side angle is to create the distance between them.
I am trying to paint different subject from different angle by using different colors and techniques to sharp my skill.

A girl by window

A winter morning, a girl stand in front of the studio window, the cool skylight came from her back. This is the first time I paint the backlight, is it work?

A resting warrior

I don’t know where did the model get these helmet and armor. But I think it’s looks cool, I like it, makes me want to paint it!

Chair composition

Young girl

Craig's brush washer

Crabs

Moon night walk

Muir Beach

Spring of Yosemite National Park

Winter of Yosemite National Park - SOLD