Lexi Portrait

This little girl is 2 1/2 years old and very beautiful.  I painted her from a photo in oils on a 14x11 canvas.  The blush came out looking a little stronger in this picture than is in the painting.  I painted this one alla prima (few hours one setting).   This one was for my daughter's best friend which made it special to do.  I sure had fun painting her.

Let us pray before we paint,

Jimmie@jimmiesart.com

Meet Monique, Original Oil Portrait

I have been working on this portrait off and on for over a month and finally finished it.  You may want to look back at the previous work in progress posts of this painting to see the stages of progress to get here.  The painting is on a 14x11 stretched canvas.  I hope you like the way she came out.

On the easel:  another small lighthouse, roseate spoonbills, and a longhorn steer.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Damon, Oil Portrait, and Teaching Art

 

Finally finished the demonstration portrait tune-ups.  I had hoped to get it done and posted sooner, but the work I started on my little fishing boat ate up more time than expected.  Also, I have started working on training materials in preparation to teach art classes.  A workshop for learning to paint portraits is in the planning stage.  Hopefully, we can get it started this summer.  I am excited about the possibility of getting to teach art.  I was an instructor for many years when I worked in power plants and I really miss training and helping others learn.

Email me if you are interested in attending a workshop or taking art lessons using oils or acrylics.  jimmie@jimmiesart.com  I hope you like the way the painting came out.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

This is an oil portrait of my lovely wife Carolyn.  It is painted on a 14x11 stretched canvas.  I plan to paint another one on a 20x16 if I can get her to sit for me rather than use a cropped photo for reference.  I know absolutely nothing about how a woman combs their hair.  I just tried to go with the flow I saw in a couple of photos and hope for a soft realistic look.  She is ok with it, that is what counts.  As you would expect, I spent extra time on this one.  The blouse and jewelery were done more impressionistically.  I did go back and brighten the eye lights a bit more after this photo was taken.  I hope you enjoy the painting of my lady.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Work In Progress, Oil Painting of Damon

I got this far today on a 14x11 work in progress of my grandson Damon.   The work was wet on wet and needs a bit of drying time before finishing.  This is one of two that I will be using Saturday for a demonstration session at the EL Campo Art Association show.  It will be open to the public from 2pm to 6pm at the Civic Center on North Hwy 71.  I will be painting in the room next to the art exhibit.  I will start another painting of Damon in another pose to show a start and use this one to show a finish.  Anyway,  thats the plan.  LOL  I hope you like the progress on this one.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie Bartlett

Memorial Portrait Finished of SnoJo McCall

I finished the portrait of my wifes's sister, Snojo McCall.  The painting is in oil on a 14x11 inch stretched canvas.  I tried to capture her liveliness in this painting.

SnoJo McCall that passed away four years ago.  Snojo is a Christian and was a very dynamic person as she made an impact upon all who knew her.  She tutored and encouraged students to learn to read and created a special program for those needing help in learning to read.  After her death, the B.F. Terry High Scholl of Rosenberg, Texas kept the program going and in her honor named it the Sno McCall Project.  Sno's reading program is still at work today.

I hope you like the painting.

Jimmie

Portrait of Sarafin, 12x12 Oils

I made more progress on the portrait of Sarafin today than I thought I would.  This was a fun on to work on as I wanted to keep the mood of the painting upbeat to match his personality.  The painting was done alla prima  and I hope he will like it.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Portrait of My Grandson

The portrait of Dane is finished.  The final tuneups do not show up significantly on this photo, maybe that is just as well.  By request, his curly hair in front was put in.  And, some skin tone shadows were fixed.  I like the way he came out.  I plan to paint him again, maybe for graduation.  Thanks for looking.

Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie

Work In Progress, Portrait of My Grandson

This is an update of the progress of the painting I am currently working on.  Portraits are so neat to work on.  So much to learn.  There are many small differences in people's faces that make us all unique.

I am getting closer to finishing him.  Right now I am zeroing in on making the eyes and lips as accurate as I can get them.  Also a few areas on the face need work to correct my mistakes and correct values of the skin tones.  I don't like the left chin shadow.  Gotta fix that.  I like the back ground and will probably leave the t-shirt as is.  Comments are welcome.  What do you think of this?

Tomorrow, God willing, another day in the studio.

Jimmie

Work In Progress, WIP Portrait Study of My Grandson

I thought you might like to see a couple of stages of a work in progress.  This is an oil portrait on a 14x11 canvas that I started a couple of weeks ago and have been working on it in intervals with other paintings.  After sketching an outline lightly with pencil on the canvas, I used a thin mixture of burnt umber and turpenoid to build a grisaille monotone image using a large filbert.  I call it a rough in.  This is the first time I did a grisaille to this degree.  Usually, just outline the main features and hair, then start painting.  Building the monotone was fun and familiarizes the painter with the image features. It also provides foundation to yield a likeness quickly when the paint is applied.  I am still working the painting with layers of flesh tones and improving errors on the features.  I call these opportunities.  I see one already in  the lips.  It's easier to see errors sometimes when the photos are lined up side by side.  This is an easy correction I can do next session.

I will post the finished painting, hopefully soon.

Jimmie

Paintings of my Daughters

Oil Paintings of my Daughters, 14x11 Canvas,  Private Collection

I am a lucky man to have two beautiful daughters.  They took after their mother.

Jimmie