Julian against the wall

[Mischa Milosevic]

Alex, Bravo! Such a handsome boy and I love the way you have handled the values and modeling. I most like the modeling of the hair. I'm not to keen on the catch light of his right eye and his nose. This is not a critique.I strongly second Thomasin.

[Julie Deane]

Very well done, Alex! And, boy, do you have that slump down pat....

[Alexandra Tyng]

Thank you ALL! I'm starting to feel inflated, as if I am rising off the ground. . .

Seriously, this was fun to paint. David and Enzie, to answer your question about the arm hair--I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I knew to leave well enough alone when I stood back and realized I had painted the hair. I think I was using a wide flat-tipped brush, which I use a lot with hair on the head.

The dimensions are 30" x 24".

Thomasin, I appreciate your enthusiasm more than I can say! Are you really talking about my work? Of course I could say loads of good things about yours, too. I will take a look at that shoulder.

Mischa, thank you for your compliments and your suggestion, too. To tell you the truth, the catch lights don't really bother me but I'll watch for that kind of detail in future work. I noticed that when I'm painting from life, the light strikes me as so much more brilliant than it does in a photo, so I might have gotten a little overenthusiastic.

Julie, yes, we see that slump often. It's funny how, when I asked him to pose that way, it was so uncomfortable.

Thanks again, all of you.

[Vianna Szabo]

This is a lovely painting Alexandra, great pose, good handiling of paint and I love the sensitivity of the piece overall. You can tell that this is a personal painting.

It's great to have live in models!

Vianna

[Lacey Lewis]

Wow! This is awesome, as usual!

I just love the way you render... everything has a feeling of movement and life to it, even the air.