I Painted this Portrait Sketch at Halcyon Coffee

She was studying on her laptop.

She was studying on her laptop.

She wore heavy-rimmed black reading glasses that she would take on and off as she worked.  I decided to paint her without the glasses.  As you know, I usually try and paint my subjects without them knowing it.  It’s a tricky business, because people move around a lot!

This entry was written by Lavanna Martin, posted on November 17, 2008 at 1:41 am, filed under alla prima, art, oil painting, painting, portrait sketch, portraiture and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

6 Comments

  1. Lisa Alber
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 4:58 am | Permalink

    This is amazing. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  2. meli
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 5:19 am | Permalink

    very nice capture Lavanna!!
    I can almost imagine she is either looking at a news article, or email, watever it is – the energy is there!

    Reply
  3. Lavanna Martin
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 5:35 am | Permalink

    Hi, Meli.

    Thank you – means a lot coming from someone w/ an eye as good as yours. Your blog from the streets of SF is looking great!

    ~Lavanna Martin

    Reply
  4. Lavanna Martin
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 5:40 am | Permalink

    Hi, Lisa.

    Thank you ever so. if you ever make it over across the pond, maybe I can paint you writing at a coffee house!

    ~Lavanna Martin

    Reply
  5. paintings
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 6:49 pm | Permalink

    Woooooooooooooow!
    painting in public places is very hard.
    nice work!
    🙂

    Reply
  6. Lavanna Martin
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    Hi, Mohsen.

    I just popped over and looked at your blog. I am amazed that you would be so gracious as to compliment my work. You are very, very good. Now, I am disturbed by some of the imagery, but intrigued. We should definitely keep in touch.

    You can contact me on my Facebook homepage under:lavanna martin, if you leave a “friend invite”.

    I am very curious to hear about your training, etc. Good luck and please, keep drawing and painting for us.

    Thank you,

    ~Lavanna Martin

    Reply

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