Doug Flynt Workshop 2010



I"m posting a few shots (though very crappy shots) of the figure painting that I did in Doug Flynt's workshop. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to learn how to control their color, or just wants to learn to paint the figure. I was struggling mightily with color, and his color strings helped me big time. I'll try to post the palette later on.
Todd

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Ariel Gulluni said…
You did an amazing job!
The torso is so solid and subtle at the same time, and the knees are fantastic!

I really like this painting
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 7:04:00 PM PDT
Todd M. Casey said…
Thanks so much Ariel, feel free to contact me while you're here, I'm sorry I didn't get to talk to you more. Maybe we can meet up while you are here though. Hope your studies are going well, and don't forget to write everything down. Here is my email address, toddmcasey@gmail.com. I check it often,
Best,
Todd
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 7:57:00 PM PDT
The Art of Kevin Wueste said…
Great Painting Todd - come by and say "Hey" I'm in CAmie's portrait class these two weeks!

Kevin
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 7:24:00 PM PDT
Ariel Gulluni said…
Hey Todd, I haven't see your answer before. It would be great to meet up one of these days, luckily we still have plenty of time.

I'm trying to write everything down, but for some reason, in Joshua workshop I wrote A LOT, and in Camie workshop, despite that actually are a lot of information too, I'm a bit lost, hehe. I think that has to be that there are so many levels in this workshops, and so many approaches...

Well, I'll write you to arrange something!

Best,
Ariel.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 3:29:00 PM PDT
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