Dan Roberge Artist Blog http://www.danroberge.com/blog Painter Thoughts Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New Dan Roberge Formal Portrait Oil Painting http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=92 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=92#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:43:37 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=92 I just finished my new oil painting (18×24 on canvas board) of a beautiful model all dressed up in a formal white dress.  Here’s a recent photo of it framed in gold.  I like the skin tones of my portrait contrasted against the clean background because her hair and skin jump off the canvas.  She really has beautiful eyes and I think I captured them favorably.  I’m hoping to work with her again in another photo shoot real soon.

I entered this oil painting in the prestigious Portrait Society of America member competition at the beginning of the month.

Dan Roberge Oil Painting - Formal Female Framed

Dan Roberge Oil Painting - Formal Female Framed

]]> http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=92 0 Finished new painting http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=84 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=84#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:57 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=84 Hello, I finished my new portrait and I’ll have it up here pretty soon! I have to take a few new photos and then I’ll get it up here.

]]> http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=84 0 New Model Photo Shoot http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=74 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=74#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:52:40 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=74 I just completed a photo shoot with a new model Friday, and I have to say I’m very excited with how the pictures turned out, very elegant and formal. I have a lot of poses to choose from for my next oil painting and the model was great to work with. I plan on entering my painting in the Portrait Society of America member competition in Dec. Deadline is Dec 10 so I better start ASAP.

I also plan to attend the Annual Member Conference in April in Washington, DC and bring my portfolio of paintings (at least what fits in my carry-on portfolio case. I’m going to paint this one on a gessoed canvas board so it will be portable and fit in my portfolio. Close to 700 artists attended the last one so I’m excited about that. Something to forward to next year.

]]> http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=74 0 Roberge Formal Oil Portrait Painting http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=55 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=55#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:11:43 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=55 roberge-portrait-formal

Here is another recent portrait painting (oil 30×40 belgium linen). I really liked the sitting composition, the striking contrast of her shirt and the leather chair, and the variety of values. I have to admit that I did struggle with the skin values a bit and ended up painting them 5-6 times until I felt they were right, but I had to put the painting away and come back to it a month later and start again with new eyes.

]]> http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=55 2 Recent Roberge Portrait Study – oils 9×12 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=52 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=52#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:16:25 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=52 roberge-portrait-study1

Here is a portrait study (oil 9×12) of an image from an art magazine (not my own photography). I focused the palette earth colors to try to match the values, like siennas and ochres with little else besides flake white and a bit of raw umber. Total time is about 4 hours split over 2 days.

]]> http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=52 0 Hello again from Dan … http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=1 http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=1#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:43:12 +0000 Dan Roberge http://www.danroberge.com/blog/?p=1 The last blog didn’t start off so well … mostly because I felt I didn’t have the time to comment. This time I intend to share artist and painting topics.

As always, visit my painting portfolio and let me know what you think: http://www.DanRoberge.com/gallery.php

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