Tag: study

Laetitia in Oil

Laetitia in Oil (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 1997 mleiv
Medium: Oil Size: N/A
I painted this more than a decade ago in oils. I remember it took forever. But it is really beautiful. The photo reference was from a Victoria's Secret catalog.
Posted 2007.09.14 13:34 | Last modified 2007.09.14 13:34 | Leave a reply

Natalie v2

Natalie v2 (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 10X12"
(The scanner clipped one side, so you are missing a bit of the painting - sorry!)

I am trying to experiment with skin tones. I think this one turned out very well. I haven't scanned in the source image, but it was an old garden shot she did for a magazine - you can probably find it online if you look.

I didn't quite get the lips right (I can never get Natalie's lips right, dammnit!), but the eyes and hair turned out great, IMO.
Posted 2007.04.10 22:31 | Last modified 2007.04.10 22:31 | Leave a reply

Pale Skin Practice

Pale Skin Practice (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 9X12"
I have been experimenting with skin tones lately. This one isn't quite what I wanted (a very pale tone with purple notes), but the original was just so very different:
Posted 2007.04.10 22:27 | Last modified 2007.04.10 22:27 | Leave a reply

VS Practice 3

VS Practice 3 (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

This took 3 hours to make. Someday... someday I will be faster.

Posted 2007.03.30 17:18 | Last modified 2007.03.30 17:18 | Leave a reply

VS Practice 2

VS Practice 2 (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

This one took 3 hours. I suck. :(

Posted 2007.03.30 17:15 | Last modified 2007.03.30 17:15 | Leave a reply

Another Practice Painting

Another Practice Painting (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

Another practice painting from Victoria's Secret. This one didn't take too long: 1.5 hours.

Posted 2007.03.27 0:51 | Last modified 2007.03.27 0:51 | Leave a reply

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2006 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 8X11"

This is from some cheesy publicity photo I found online. I'm trying to branch out from just Victoria's Secret. ;)

Posted 2006.03.29 21:46 | Last modified 2006.03.29 21:46 | 2 Comments

Natalie Portman Black & White

Natalie Portman Black & White (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2006 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 11X14"

Another practice painting. As a portrait, it has flaws. But as a painting, I am quite proud of it. I like how the underpainting shows through in parts, and it feels very rough.

Posted 2006.03.29 20:46 | Last modified 2006.03.29 20:46 | 1 Comment

Pouty

Pouty (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2001 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 2X4"

This is a very small sketch. I am kind of a control freak, so it's nice sometimes to be forced to let some of the irrelevant details go and just capture the shape of a thing.

Posted 2005.10.29 15:27 | Last modified 2005.10.29 15:27 | Leave a reply

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 2005 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 8X11"

Sometime after Laetitia disappeared, I stopped bothering with their names. She's just "freakishly skinny with big smile." I also like to draw "slut with big pouty lips," who appears in some of the previous drawings.

Posted 2005.06.15 11:40 | Last modified 2005.06.15 11:40 | Leave a reply

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