Portrait Society of America Conference 2015: Day Two Part 2

Next up was a dual demo featuring Michelle Dunaway and Jeffrey Hein, who have diametrically opposed approaches to painting a model. I hope you enjoy seeing their process, side by side.

At this point in time, I was convinced Jeffrey was seeing a man with a beard rather than a delicately pretty woman.

As you can see, the finished paintings are both beautiful!

Portrait Society of America Conference 2015 Face-Off Paintings

The Face-Off paintings that were created last night in a little more than 2 hours went on display this morning. I was able to get a shot of each of them, slightly cropped in some cases. 

I will try to get all the correct names with each painting tomorrow, so stay tuned. Enjoy!

Michelle Dunaway

Quang Ho

Bart Lindstrom

David Kassan

Chris Saper

Jennifer Welty

Alexandra Tyng

Kate Stone

Portrait Society of America Conference 2015 Atlanta: Face-Off

I am very excited and grateful to be attending "The Art of the Portrait" conference (organized by The Portrait Society of America) in Atlanta this weekend. The proceedings started off with a bang, with what has become an annual ritual - the "Face-Off" model painting event.

Judith Carducci chose to work with pastels

The room was packed with hundreds of artists, who observed a number of their colleagues painting costumed models. It was amazing to see the beautiful work produced in just a few hours by these talented artists.

Alexandra Tyng captures her model

The painting (in progress) on the right belongs to Michelle Dunaway

Quang Ho