Painting the costumed model – looking back

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

As I thought about this week's workshop, Painting the Costumed Model, I began pulling out studies I'd done in my Costumed Model drawing and painting group in Carmel.

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

Looking at what I'd painted from ten to thirteen years ago, I could now see so many things I wanted to work on!

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

It was fun to deduce what colors I'd used in each one. My palette was very different then – mostly experimentational – and included colors I haven't used in years (like Alizarin Crimson - can you tell?). As you can also see, I was experimenting stylistically, too.

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

Here are some of the results.

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

Some I may still do a bit more to – and I have more in process. And more waiting!

Painting study © 2010 Karen Lynn Ingalls

I like coming back to these with everything I have learned in the interim – it wasn't exactly like picking it up where I left off. I didn't have the model in front of me, too, but that enabled me to work on each study simply as a painting.