How to paint like the masters-WIP#6- Welcome Friends

step 6- almost done! values are in place and now its a matter of a few details here and there! I darkened up the darks and worked also on br...

How to paint like the masters-WIP#5- Welcome Friends

  In step 5- I start adding the white in the table napkin and shadow is more pronounced. Again this step is moving closer to the foreground.

How to paint like the masters- WIP#4- Welcome Friends

WIP- step 4 I begin to add color. It helps having the underpainting as a sort of value map for this step. As you can see I typically go from...

How to paint like the masters- WIP#3- Welcome Friends

Step 3 is actually more of step 2! Here the underpainting is completed

How to paint like the masters-WIP #2- Welcome Friends

Here is the next step-2. I usually do an underpainting in raw & burnt umber. It ends up looking like a sepia toned image but clearly map...

How to paint like the masters- WIP#1 Welcome Friends

Some of you may remember this painting I did. I found pictures I had taken of the work in progress (WIP). So that I don't overwhelm your...

PEEL IT OFF

PEEL IT OFF   5x5  oil by Dee Lessard Here is an orange WIP that I finished for a valentines art show! (Thus the suggestive name!) Saturday,...

Strawberry Delight

Strawberry Delight    5x7   by Dee Lessard  Here's a painting I did as part of a challenge! The challenge was to do one square in 10 mi...

WIP-orange peel

WIP (work in progress)   by Dee Lessard Here is an under-painting of an orange I am working on. You may recognize it as I have used a simila...

Feature artist at East Colony Fine Art Gallery in Manchester, NH

Please join us for this unique show! This month (February)I am a feature Artist along with fellow artist Michelle Beliveau  at  East Colon...