I had the extreme good fortune of participating in a Jeremy Lipking figure painting workshop in LA this past weekend. I spent a day and a half watching him paint and another day and a half painting a few oil studies from life myself. Jeremy spoke quite a bit about his process while he painted and it was incredibly awe inspiring and humbling to watch him work. We painted a stunning Iranian/Swedish model named Malo, on the beach in Malibu on the last day- lucky me! Lipking was a generous host and a blast to be around. He completely blew my mind on the last evening by referencing Pantera's album Cowboys from Hell- warming the corners of my true skid soul! Sara Sniderhan studied classical drawing Michael John Angel and painting with American artist Jeremy Lipking.
Her work is represented by Ingram Gallery in Yorkville, Toronto and has been exhibited in Toronto, New York, Calgary, Winnipeg and Hamilton. Sniderhan has been awarded by the Portrait Society of America, the Toronto and Ontario Arts Councils and was shortlisted for the Kingston Prize for Portraiture this year. In 2010 The National Portrait Gallery of Canada added her painting of Canadian actor Enrico Colantoni to their permanent collection. She lives on a farm, is a sessional professor at OCAD U and teaches workshops and weekly classes in her studio in Creemore, ON.
The Portrait Sketch With Jeremy Lipking Rare
To contact Sara email her at: sara.sniderhan@gmail.com.
Yesterday I learned that he started publishing DVDs, and I immediately went to his website and ordered! Here's a sampling of his DVD material. Note that this video shows clips from several DVDs that are in the works. You won't see all of these featured works on the DVD that is currently available. Somebody stop me before I buy them all! Look for a feature article about Robert Liberace on newsstands.
American Artist has a 'Workshop' issue with a lengthy article. That's how I learned about the DVDs! I don't usually like painting methods that are inorganic and formulaic, but I have to admit that stands out for a few reasons. First, Mark Carder's work is on a much higher plane than I expected, and second, he has created a really cool color checker device to help choose correct colors.
Third, seem to do pretty well with it. I would warn against constructing an entire painting by using dividers and a color checker. I think they're great tools to check your work, but put yourself into it, and don't let the devices make all your decisions.
Here's a page of. I've known Lon from an oline forum I frequent these last few years. He's drawn literally thousands of portraits from live models - a wealth of experience any of us would envy, as models are usually hard to come.
Lon was in business drawing portraits in a mall for many years. Talk about pressure. He had to get it right every time. Later, he had his own public television show. I never saw the show, as it was not available in my area, but I assume are actual clips from the program.
Be sure to as well. Here's another reader contributed link. American Artist Magazine's website has a great new video by Dan Thompson. He works with a live model, and starts out with only one color, and two brushes (one to apply paint, and another to erase).
He works his way up to a two-tone grisaille by the end of the video. The text above the video promises part two will be coming soon. At the beginning, Thompson laid out 'twenty or thirty colors', and only used two, so it's possible this will stretch into a three-part demo. And, check out at the American Artist site! Thanks Dierdre.
Jeremy Lipking has made quite a splash for such a young artist. Don't hate him for his talent.
Learn from him. One thing I like is his use of grays, and those cool flesh tones. Has a teaser promising an upcoming video.
You can bet it will be a hit. Is not on his website. I don't know why, but who cares! He's sharing some great stuff here. Hey Jeremy, we want that video!!! Note: Lipking leaves great Easter eggs on his site. Some of his paintings are clickable.
Click for a detailed close-up, and and (my favorite) and.