Carla Nano

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Portrait Workshop + Exhibition

I had a lot of fun painting my son for this workshop.

The Exhibition

The process

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

New Figure Drawings

Figure drawing
Charcoal on paper - 19"x25"

Portrait
Charcoal on paper - 19"x25"

Feet Study
Charcoal on paper - 19"x25"

Hands Study
Charcoal on paper - 19"x25"

Nudes

Nude 1 - Oil on Canvas

40" x 30"

Nude 2 - Oil on Canvas

30" x 24"

Nude 3 - Reflections

Oil on Canvas - 36" X 24"

Nude 4 - Maria Gracia

Oil on Canvas - 30"x24"

Nude 4 - Nude sowl

Oil on Canvas - 24"x20"

Nude 5 - Quiet nude

Oil on Canvas - 24"x24"

Nude 6 - The goddess

Oil on Canvas - 28"x22"

Monday, June 16, 2014

New Portraits

Portrait - Lady with kimono

Oil on canvas

Portrait - Man with red shirt

Oil on canvas

Portrait - African turban

Oil on canvas

Portrait - Lady with gray sweater

Oil on canvas

Portrait - Lady with green dress

Oil on canvas

Portrait - Ana

Oil on canvas

Portrait

Oil on canvas

Studying the masters

Masterpieces reproductions:

In December 2012 I participated in a Color Workshop: 300 shades of white.

They say WHITE is the most difficult color to paint, in this workshop I studied it in depth, from color theory to practical applications, I saw how the Impressionism influenced color theory and clarified what artists instinctively knew before. To materialize this new understanding of color I did a copy of one of the paintings by the masters. You can see the original "The floor scrapers" at the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, France.

In 2013 another workshop captured my attention. This time it was a Figure Workshop. Again through the Masters. I chose The Bather, by Ingres to studied the woman figure. This painting is a real size replica.
The original painting is in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.