I Painted this German Professor at Quack’s

He was grading papers at Quack's

He was grading papers at Quack's

I painted him at Quack’s.  I really don’t know if he is a German Professor, but he looked like one, and he was going over papers at Quack’s.  He sneezed, and a girl student sitting at a table facing him said, “Gesundheit!”  He looked up with a big, kindly smile.  So, who knows?  He might be a professor at the University German department.   If he finds out about my blog somehow,  I ask his forgiveness for exaggerating his nose.  As you know, I usually don’t go back in and fix things when I get home to the studio.

Who out there knows if this man is a professor?

This entry was written by Lavanna Martin, posted on December 9, 2008 at 2:35 pm, filed under alla prima, art, artist, oil painting, Oil Sketches Live at Coffee Houses, painting, painting live, painting people from life, 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.

7 Comments

  1. kelc
    Posted December 9, 2008 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    sehr gut!

    Reply
  2. Lavanna Martin
    Posted December 9, 2008 at 5:58 pm | Permalink

    Hi, Kelc.

    Thanks. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Owen
    Posted December 9, 2008 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    There’s a French (movie) actor who this fellow reminds me of.

    Reply
    • Lavanna Martin
      Posted December 10, 2008 at 7:19 am | Permalink

      Hi, Owen!

      Hah! I think that you are thing of Gerard Depardieu – I’m in trouble now – his nose was half the size of that! He was quite a handsome man, with big features.

      Reply
  4. M.I
    Posted December 9, 2008 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lavanna.
    Wooow! nice. What is the original size of the painting?
    i am sure , he was a German Professor!

    Reply
    • Lavanna Martin
      Posted December 10, 2008 at 7:29 am | Permalink

      Hi, M.I

      I always paint on a 9×12 canvas. If I do a head shot (vignette), I am seated about 8 or 9 feet away. If my back is to the wall, (and it usually is), no one can see what I am painting :). Sometimes, people want to talk to me when I’m painting.

      Reply
  5. M.I
    Posted December 10, 2008 at 11:36 am | Permalink

    thanks Lavanna!
    9×12 ? good. 🙂
    I wish I could paint with you in coffee houses someday.

    I added your link on our links page, and i try to visit your blog more than before. here:
    http://www.figurativepainters.com/pages/art_links.htm

    a new design of figurativepainters.com is under construction . (maybe) there is not my artworks on it. but i will add link of your “Recent Posts” on Home page of figurativepainters.com .(maybe, next month)
    Best wishes! 🙂

    Reply

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