Portrait is progressing, I made the head too big, so that needs fixing, hands OK... etc.

Portrait I am working on in oils right now. more to come...woman in white flamenco dress, or gypsy?

Beautiful paintings of nudes and portraits in another blogPaul S Brown

The drawings I am doing in preparation for an oil painting to be called woman in white, or Gypsy in White

I just discovered this fantastic artist David Palumbo: here is a youtube demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSlRKSSJ2vk&context=C420910eADvjVQa1PpcFPqxrKwu2zu3oDjeOd8PgT08qaN9Gn1vmU=

his web site of nude figure studies in oil

Alexandra Manukyan


"I focus on combining traditional oil painting techniques with surrealist symbolism to communicate the immediate and lasting impact of technological innovations on the human body and psyche. One recurring motif in my paintings often appears as the feminine form bearing the burdens of worldly grief and mistakes on her body bowing in resignation to a seemingly inevitable fate: the acquiescence of the corporeal state to the encroaching dominance of modern technologies conjoining itself like an apathetic demon of silicon and circuitry cursing more than fulfilling promises of beauty and comfort. " – Alexandra Manukyan

Alexandra attended the College of Fine Art and Design and State University of Yerevan/Armenia before emigrating to the Unite States to study Textile and Graphic Design at UCLA. Since 1990 she has worked extensively in Fashion and Entertainment, designing movie posters, key art and sets. This is her first solo exhibition. http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2012/Manukyan/Manukyan2012.htm

The model and the portrait, side by side. My Yoga teacher.