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Entries by tja

Water and Graphite, Volume II: Figure Studies

November 9, 2013/in All Drawings, Available for Purchase, Figure Drawing Diary, Figure Studies, Water-Soluble Graphite

Highlights from 2013

Portrait of My Uncle, Joseph P. Allen IV

October 22, 2013/in All Paintings, Featured, Oil on Canvas, Portraits, Sold

My third attempt at the BP National Portrait Gallery competition (2014). Given the poetic paradox between medium and subject matter (oil-portrait-meets-astronaut), I thought my chances were good. Again rejected.

Roman Sky

August 9, 2013/in All Paintings, Featured, Landscapes, Oil on Wood Panel

Figure Drawing Diary

July 15, 2013/in All Drawings, Charcoal, Conte' on Colored Paper, Figure Drawing Diary, Graphite on Rives BFK Paper, Water-Soluble Graphite, Watercolor

A nearly unabridged collection of figure drawings that spans my entire career: from 1991 to present. Pictured left, an image from my life drawing experience at the Royal Academy in London in January of 2012. Many thanks to Julie Jackson.

Head Studies from 2013

June 1, 2013/in All Paintings, Available for Purchase, Head Studies, Oil on Canvas, Technique

The following works were made as demonstrations during my 3-hour portrait painting classes every Saturday morning in the Spring of 2013. For more on my school, please visit the PADASOR website. If you are interested in purchasing one of these paintings, please contact me.

Song for the Dying Fish

March 19, 2013/in All Paintings, Head Studies, Oil on Canvas

Copying Van Dyck

December 21, 2012/in All Paintings, Head Studies, Oil on Canvas, Old Master Copies

A quick step-by-step on how I went about copying this gem, located in the National Gallery in London.

Netherland: Behind the Scenes

December 20, 2012/in All Paintings, Figures and Allegories, Oil on Canvas, Video

Watch a time-lapse video on the evolution of “Netherland.”

Netherland

December 19, 2012/in All Paintings, Featured, Figures and Allegories, Oil on Canvas

News Update, June 2013 Netherland was pre-selected for the for the 7th Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. Netherland is the first completed work from a series of paintings started in the Fall of 2011 in collaboration with the model Giulia S. A special thank you to her for insisting we set a deadline […]

For Maestro

December 16, 2012/in News

There are Painters who teach And Teachers who paint And there is Kingsley His performance as Teacher Gave me courage and discipline His performance as Painter Proved him right Show me, fair Caesar A Kingly star to sail by And I’ll call it by name: Maestro

Giulia with an Earring

November 9, 2012/in All Paintings, Oil on Canvas, Portraits

Made during a PADASOR portrait painting class.

Portrait of Beatrice

September 9, 2012/in All Paintings, Oil on Canvas, Portraits, Sold

Timothy Joseph AllenPaintings & Drawings