Copying Master Paintings at the Met

 

A couple of weeks ago myself and a few fellow students from the Grand Central Academy got permission to copy from master paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

This was a great opportunity to really get close to a master painting and understand what the artist was thinking when they made it.

 

 

 

I chose a portrait by Jean Baptiste Greuze to copy. Here it is partly finished.

                                     I should be able to get back to the Met soon and finish it.

Back Study

                                                          
                                                        15 x 20 inches,    Oil on Linen

New portrait in progress

             
                                                    9 x 12 inches, oil on linen on board

Open Studio Night - Grand Central Academy of Art

For those in the New York area, this Thursday, February 21st, 2013 from 6-8pm, The Grand Central Academy of Art (GCA) will be holding their first open studio event.

I will have selection of drawings and paintings on display there- portraits, figures and casts. 

 

The show will include drawings, paintings, and sculpture, offering a unique chance to see inside the daily life of an atelier.  This student-run event and exhibition will take place at Grand Central Academy, 20 W 44th St, 6th floor, New York, NY, 10036.

The Grand Central Academy of Art Open Studio Night
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 6-8pm
Grand Central Academy of Art
20 W 44th Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10036

The Grand Central Academy of Art Open Studio Night is a free event and open to the general public. Refreshments will be served. A selection of works will be available for purchase.

Portrait of Ennis

                                                        
                                                          8 x 9 inches, Oil on Linen

Still Life with Conch and Plant

This painting was a recent finalist in the 2012 AME Bale Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition. It's Oil on Canvas, 21 x 16 inches.

George with Skeleton

                                                  Graphite and white chalk on toned paper.
                                                                     18 x 24 inches

New Portrait

Here's a recent portrait 'Irena' from a class taught by Scott Waddell and Joshua Larock at the GCA.
It's 8 x 10 inches, oil on linen.

A Couple of Grisaille Paintings

 "Pieta Madonna"

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

 

"Portrait of Devin"

Oil on Linen 8 x 10 inches

 

My Final Cast Drawing

"Discobolus"

It was actually finished a few months ago, but this is the final cast drawing I did at the Grand Central Academy before moving onto painting. It's about 26x 19 inches and graphite on paper. Click for a larger view.

Melissa

8 x 10 inches, graphite on paper

Finished Figure Drawing

Here's my drawing from the month of April.

We had a really fantastic model, Eniss, every weekday morning for the month.

I toned my own paper with watercolour and the did the drawing with graphite and white chalk.

18 x 24 inches

4 Hour Portrait Drawings

Every Monday afternoon at the Grand Central Academy

we have a different portrait model for a 4 hour session.

Here are a few of the recent drawings I've done in those sessions.

They are all about 8 x 10 inches.

Works in Progress...

Grisaille- Oil on Linen

Graphite and White Chalk on Toned Paper

Pink Roses

                                                    
                                                    Here's a still life I finished recently 
                                                         Oil on Linen, 15 x 14 inches

Portrait of Andre

                                     
                                       Here  is a portrait I did in January in graphite on paper.
                                                                        8 x 10 inches

New Figure Drawings from the Grand Central Academy

"Samir"

                                                                 "Standing Male Figure"
                  These are both month-long drawings (80 hours each) done in graphite on paper.
                                                               Both are 18 x 24 inches.

Self Portrait from 2010

Creation of Adam

This is a large copy (72x38 inches) that I painted of one half of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome. It was commisioned by a client in Australia.

"Stegosaurus"

Here's a painting I did a few years ago of a toy stegosaurus. Like a lot of kids growing up, dinosaurs used to fascinate me and I thought it would be fun to revisit the subject.

                                                  Oil on Linen,  14 x 17 inches

Some Cast Drawings and a Painting

 

Here is the most recent cast drawing I did in my first year at the Grand Central Academy of Art in New York. I have one more cast drawing to do before I move onto painting when I return in September.

I did this drawing from a cast of a Donatello sculpture while I was on my summer break in Cairns, Australia.  

I painted this study of a tree in Cairns. It was the view outside my bedroom window

Still Life with Brazillian Fabric

 

Oil on Linen, 26 x 26 inches

Here is a Still Life painting, recently sold, that I'd been working on for a while. It was my attempt at using a cooler palette than I normally would and it served to satisfy my interest in employing a combination of pattern and three- dimensional form.