portrait painting – Page 5 – Katie Jeanne Wood

You Rang?

Every viewer is going to get a different thing.
That’s the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

David Lynch

I think he kinda looks like Lurch from the Addam’s family. Yet, at the same time the disgruntled look on this guy’s face is similar to how I feel when scammers call or text me.

From now on, I’m going to let this dude take care of all my calls.

You Rang?
Pencil, watercolor pencils, oil pastels drawing
art journal page

I hope you have a lovely creative day. Get your art journal out, and play. If you don’t have a lot of time to spare, set a timer for 10 or 15 mins, and focus on the process, not the finished product. No worries, no cares. Just keep going, and your stress will melt away. You won’t regret it.

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See my artwork in a new movie – The Whale starring Brendan Fraser, which will be released December 9th, 2022.

If you haven’t checked out my eBay store in a while, you should. Some artwork I have marked down to only $10 or $15. I add new stuff every single day. Same goes for Etsy.

I’m also accepting orders for custom paintings, and drawings. Because commissions take a great deal of time, Christmas delivery isn’t possible at this time.

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Remember the Kiss – acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting

This is a portrait from an old mixed media collage series I created back in 2012ish, which I recently revised.

We do not remember days,
we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese

The rest of the series has been sold. This one I wanted to hang on to because I really like it, and now I like it even more since I revised it. The price is higher on this one because I don’t mind if it sticks with me a while longer. I’m in no hurry to say goodbye, and if I have to let it go, I want it to go to someone who will love it as much as I do. Fair enough? I think so.

Made me nostalgic working on this one again. It was a fun series. Maybe I’ll have to add a couple more new ones to it over the winter? Hm..I’ll have to think about it.

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I’m also accepting orders for custom paintings, and drawings. As always, if you want to say hello or have any questions you can write me here. I love getting email, and hearing from you.

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Feeling Sassy – oil pastel drawing of a woman

This is how the last drawing I posted yesterday turned out. After I drew it, I let it sit for a couple days to dry out a little, and then went in and changed the shape of her face, and hair. She had not enough face, and too much hair, imo.

I’ve read that oils pastels don’t ever dry completely. However, I’ve learned that when I reach that point in the drawing where I’m making a muddy brown mess, and layering is impossible because the pastels smear, it helps to let a drawing sit out in the open to rest for a few days. It does seem to firm up the pastels enough so they hold another layer on top instead of just smudging and smearing.

I was able to go in and widen her face, and I used Gamsol to erase some of her hair to make it more manageable.

I think she looks a bit like Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars. I wasn’t using a reference photo when I drew this portrait, and it’s been years since I saw the show..but there’s something about this drawing that reminds me of Lucy’s character standing in the classroom flirting with Ezra. Maybe it’s just me?

Feeling Sassy
Acrylic mixed media
9×12 inch watercolor paper
~~Available here~~
SOLD

This is a mixed media piece – the face, neck and hair were drawn with oil pastels. The rest of the painting was painted with acrylic paints. It recently dawned on me that I can clean up the background smudges and fingerprints with acrylic paint..that I don’t have to fill the entire paper with oil pastels – I don’t like having all that blending to do, so painting the background or any large area works better for me. I love discovering new things as I go along.

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Revising a woman portrait painting – It’s a Man’s World No 2

I painted this portrait back in 2014, and it’s been sitting in my “needs to be revised” painting pile for ages. At first I thought I was only going to change her “what stinks in here” facial expression. I thought her mouth was too close to her nose, and needed to be moved down, also.

As I kept painting I realized how much the woman looked like a recent painting I sold, It’s a Man’s World. I’ve been wanting to paint that portrait again because there was a lot of interest in it on Etsy and Ebay. Only one lucky person owns it now, and some people don’t like prints.

So, I decided to change this portrait into one that looks similar to It’s a Man’s World, since it already had some of the same features.

This is where I left off. I decided to give her a face lift – new lips, nose and eyes. I added polka dots to her collar, which wasn’t in the first portrait. I don’t want this one to be an exact copy, and I think the polka dots add to the portrait. Her tie is also different because I think her last one was made with some scrap of paper I had lying around.

I absolutely love the midtone shade I mixed the other day..it’s what I blocked her eyes out with. I don’t know how I’ve lived without it in my life up to now. I just need to remember how I mixed it, so I can make more. It looks a bit like Titan Buff, only slightly dark. I think I used yellow ochre, a tad bit of dark green & burnt umber, and white, but I’m not exactly sure. Will have to play around and see.

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Wistful woman portrait painting – Life is a Constant Struggle

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

Manoj Bajpayee

Oil portrait painting – creating more depth with layers

This portrait painting is a work in progress. I’m working on building up thin layers of oil paint by glazing. It’s a slow process, but if you look closely, you can see the progression, especially around her eyes.

I haven’t titled it yet, and I’m not sure if she’s meditation or sleeping. I think I’m going to go with meditating because she looks more peaceful than if she was sleeping, yeah? Idk? I’m still trying to figure it out as I go along. More photos as soon as I have more.

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Winter stars – revising a portrait painting

Katie Jeanne Wood - Anita oil portraits

I was looking through old photo folders, and found this picture of the oil portraits I painted of my daughter in law back in 2016. Aww..I love this girl soooo much. I remember being incredibly nervous giving the portraits to her because I knew I didn’t capture how beautiful she truly is – inside and out. But, she liked them, and that’s all that counts. Aww..

Katie Jeanne Wood - Winter Stars portrait painting

Seeing those paintings again inspired me to revise this painting called Winter Stars. I wanted to give this girl an “Anita” vibe by making her prettier & younger. I wasn’t using a reference photo while painting.

Katie Jeanne Wood - Winter Stars portrait painting

These are all the different colors I ended up using in this portrait. Kinda crazy to think about it. I tend to go for a more limited palette, but not for this one.

Katie Jeanne Wood - Winter Stars portrait painting

I’m not sure if she’s finished yet or not. I painted this one in acrylics, but since I bought some Gamblin odorless gel medium, I’m thinking of glazing some oil paint layers on her face to give it more depth.

I’ll let you know what I decide, and when she’s available for purchase.

What I’ve been watching lately: Painting With John on HBO – Semi-watched 3 episodes last night, and by that I mean I slept through some of each episode because I was bored. Wasn’t my cup of tea, and I won’t watch more.

Windfall on Netflix – I liked it. Kinda scary and too gory for my taste, but it was good.

Bad Vegan on Netflix – I was wondering why so many people on Twitter were angry while watching this documentary, and now I know. I feel like we were all scammed by watching it. I won’t say more, and spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet, but arrrgggh..I want to voice my opinion so badly. lol

What I’m listening to: Sneakyart Podcast part one with artist Sandi Hester. I’ve posted about my love for Sandi’s work many times, and I won’t ever stop. I played a little bit of the podcast here and there throughout last week. I didn’t want to rush because part 2 wasn’t out yet, but now it is, and I’m looking forward to listening to the rest. Yay!

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Isolated Storm – revised portrait painting

Have a lovely weekend!

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