Ed

Who tortures himself for his art. Wonderful model.

Sarah

Sarah is one of those models whose face changes with every pose. Three poses - three different people.  She's always intriguing to draw.

Classmate

This would be the night the model didn't show up. We took turns sitting for 20 minutes. I was very pleased with how this one turned out.

Betty

Theresa

Blue Ina

Sarah

Murray

Blue Murray

Portal

A paper sculpture created for Visual Arts Mississauga for their 2010 Open Doors Silent Auction.

Toni

Lisa

It was fun to have my neighbour, Lisa, pose for our Friday Portrait class. She was great to paint - very focused and wearing a silk brocade dress in a colour that I had to buy a special tube of paint to finish the picture with.

Pentagonal Mask Sculpture
Made with tracing paper with a backing of parchment paper. The tracing paper gives nice crisp folds but it's flimsy so the sculpture has to be fairly small. This is about 5" high.

Pop-up Flower
I like the ripped paper look. Created on Canson Mi-teint & coloured with chalk pastel.

Splotzenpop
Samples for the 'Make Your Own Pop-up Book' class at Artsmartz.

Pentagonal Book

A couple of pages from a folding pentagonal book. Particularly effective in the sunlight. The interference paint doesn't translate so well, but it looks great on the hardcopy!

Susan
I used the limited palette for this one too but introduced blue and Alizarin crimson to keep it from becoming too warm and brown.

Limited Palette

This series of portraits - two from models and one from a photo were painted using a limited palette of Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna and Titanium White. I found some work by Joseph Jeffers Dodge in "Painting Faces and Figures" by Carole Katchen. He uses this palette to wonderful effect. You have to be careful that the lights don't go chalky but it is surprisingly versatile.

Scott

He Wears a Black Hat by Helen
The other entry in the Member's Choice Show at NPCC, January 2009. Both of these portraits were painted in the Friday Portrait Class at NPCC - a four hour pose. This is of a friend and I was happy to get a good likeness.

Red Suits Her by Helen
One of two entries to the NPCC Member's Choice Show in January 2009

Lena by Helen

A model new to our Tuesday night group. Was able to capture a decent likeness and convey her pensive mood.

John W. by Helen

Jinder by Helen
Done a while ago in Friday Portrait Painting at Neilson Park. Four hour pose.

Vanessa by Helen

Conte sketch done in Tues. night Life Drawing.

Jan by Helen

Tuesday night Life Drawing at Neilson Park. Conte sketch.

Totem by Helen

Papier-mache totem pole created as a demo for the 2008 March Break Kid's camp.

Blue Robe by Helen

A pastel piece that was in the Impact, Artist's Choice Member's show at Neilson Park.

Jan by Helen

Kyla by Helen

Denis by Helen

Painted in a four-hour portrait session in Studio B at Neilson Park.

Bad Grrl by Helen

This was taken from a series of drawings used for demos for my Cartooning class done with various media. This one is brush and ink.

Paper Sculpture by Helen

Kia's Christmas

Electrobot by Helen

Created from 'treasures' in my workshop.

Robots by Helen
A colouring page created for the Bloordale Park Fundraiser on August 11.

Selected Poems #1 by Helen

Another paper sculpture piece for the "Impact" Juried Show at Neilson Park.

Dragon by Helen
Paper sculpture using acrylic Rorschach blots on heavy paper.

Sheep by Helen

The sheep and the cow were done for a TVO children's show. Watercolour and coloured pencil on illustration board.

Cow by Helen

LX Caricature - by Helen

An acrylic piece for a portrait show at Neilson Park. A caricature of my son, age 19. He no longer sports the Mohawk, but the white, tufty bit under his lip is rather distinctive.