Jan Hanson

2011-06-14T21:16:00.002-04:00

So that brings my work up-to-date. Sorry about the duplicate images, I don't know how to delete the extra ones without removing the entire post, still not very skilled at posting things on this.

2011-06-14T21:12:00.001-04:00

and step 4 is where I'm at right now...with color being added.

2011-06-14T21:11:00.001-04:00

step 3 g.w.a.p.e.

2011-06-14T21:08:00.003-04:00

step 2 g.w.a.p.e.

2011-06-14T20:59:00.004-04:00

step 1 was a carefully gridded drawing

I'll try to post progress, step by step, of my rendering of Vermeer's painting, "girl with a pearl earing" It isn't finished yet, but here's whats happened so far...

2011-06-14T20:52:00.003-04:00

and here are my latest paintings.( I have been studying the venetian style painting method with a fantastic instructor, Todd Burroughs, at our local art center.)

2011-06-14T20:48:00.004-04:00

sculpture number 5 was a full fugure study

2011-06-14T20:35:00.003-04:00

I started sculpture classes last fall,2010, here's what I've done so far with that

2011-06-14T20:25:00.006-04:00

here are photos of some of my more recent work

an update of my work

2011-06-14T20:20:00.003-04:00

finished this oil painting a while back (2008 or 2009???)

I found a great artist...

2009-01-10T08:51:00.003-05:00

I love looking into other blogs, seeing what other artists are working on. Usually I start out checking in on Jo Castillo's blog, then click on one of the blogs she's following, and start bloghopping from there. That's how I found Holly Bedrosian. She's a very talented portrait artist, doing exceptionally detailed work in colored pencil. She is working on a beautiful self portrait right now.http://www.hollybedrosian.blogspot.com

2009-01-08T21:37:00.002-05:00

this is as far as I could take the watercolor portrait of Ellie, still have a lot to learn!

2009-01-08T21:21:00.004-05:00

Finally getting around to posting again.

I've been mourning the loss of our dog, Bodie. He was a very elderly gentle soul. We had to take him to his last vet appointment on December 27th. He lived into his fifteenth year, which is very hard on a dog of his size. He was still very happy to see our daughter, Jaime, and her family at Christmas. ( He chewed through a lot of her teenage shoes in his puppy years.)

I only wish our son, Jason, could have seen him one more time, too. Jason was the one who talked me into adopting him from the Humane Society. He was absolutely right, Bodie was "the coolest dog ever!"

2008-12-07T12:06:00.000-05:00

here's a better photo, this time the color is just a little off.

2008-12-05T21:39:00.001-05:00

I finally finished the portrait of Avery. It's really not this dark, but I don't know how to photograph my artwork. I'll try another photo of it when I can set it in natural light.

2008-12-05T21:33:00.002-05:00

I've been taking a 5 week "introduction to watercolor portraits" class, here's an attempt at a portrait of my other granddaughter-Ellie. Just the first layers in today. I'll hopefully finish it next Friday in class. I find watercolors much more difficult. think I'll stick with oils!

Still working on the portrait

2008-11-23T19:01:00.003-05:00

I feel much better today. Yesterday, my husband made a pot of 5 alarm Chili, and I think it killed whatever bug I had. Put a couple of hours into painting today. The "Avery" portrait is almost finished...I think.
I might just have to put it away before I work it to death.

I'm also working on a landscape, from a photo taken in North Carolina, but, I'm finding the trees very difficult. Think I'll watch some of Roger Bansemer's videos for a while tonight.

nothing to show

2008-11-22T16:58:00.002-05:00

I've been a little under the weather with a cold this week, so haven't felt very artistic. Much better today though and hope to pick up the paintbrushes again tomorrow.

2008-11-13T11:04:00.003-05:00

finished the crabapple sketch...then I found this beautiful lady in a magazine, and had to sketch her too.

2008-11-13T11:00:00.003-05:00

Refined this watercolor as far as I could take it with my limited skills. The window and door are crooked, I know, but I was trying to convey the state of decay in the house, while the daisies are thriving.

2008-11-13T10:55:00.005-05:00

This is as far as I've gone with this portrait of my granddaughter. I'm a little afraid I'll mess it up if I continue...but, I think it still needs some work so I'm going to tackle it again tomorrow. This is the photo reference I'm working from.

waiting for election results

2008-11-04T18:52:00.002-05:00

nothing blogworthy to post... just killing some time waiting for Susan Carlin's Ustream painting session to begin, and checking the election results on the tube now and then.

still need lots of practice...

2008-11-02T19:26:00.002-05:00

The yellow house is another attempt with watercolor.

And, this is as far as I've taken the portrait of Avery. Just starting the first layer of skin tones. Just about to go watch Roger Bansemer do a painting demo on Ustream. so ttfn.

2008-11-01T14:42:00.006-04:00

Some of my first attempts at botanical illustration.

Here's the begining of my latest portrait.

oil on masonite

"Avery"

2008-10-31T22:59:00.003-04:00

so here's another copy of the oil portrait of Liz and a colored pencil version I did, as a color study.

2008-10-31T22:49:00.003-04:00

Just figured out that I was posting my photos incorectly! (when all else fails-read the directions, right?) Anyway, this is a tomato I did using Arlene Steinberg's book, Masterful Color, Vibrant colored Pencil paintings layer by layer. I highly recomend this book to anyone wanting to explore colored pencil use. It's very well written and explains the process in detail.

2008-10-31T22:21:00.001-04:00

this is my second attempt at botanical art. It's a seed bract from a Linden tree.

2008-10-31T22:14:00.002-04:00

just beginning this portrait of my 8 yr old granddaughter.
oil on gesso board (masonite) 11 by 14
I've just painted in the rough outline in a combination of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, so far. Just started it last night.

some botanical drawing

2008-10-31T22:10:00.003-04:00

I'm studying botanical art. Here's my first attempt at it.

just finished portrait

2008-10-31T21:49:00.002-04:00

portrait from life
oil on canvas, (16 by 20)
found out painting from live model setting is more challenging for me than painting from a photograph. I had a difficult time with this one. Changed the background so many times, light to dark, then back to light. But, I did enjoy using a palette knife tecnique on the background, that was the first time I had tried that.

Still need to load some photos

2008-10-27T13:11:00.002-04:00

spent Saturday morning with some of my artist friends in Frankenmuth Michigan, managed to sketch a bavarian street scene, and take a few snapshots for future reference. Still working on a portrait, worked on it till the sun went down yesterday. I need to get some pictures and put them in here, but I've been too busy doing art stuff.
Crappy weather we're having here in Michigan today, and I still have some winterizing gardeneing chores to finish up this week., maybe tomrrow. Hard to tackle all the things I need to find time for.

First Post

2008-10-19T17:45:00.000-04:00

Here I am trying to start this blog.