Jean Townsend's Daily Painting

Royal Icing on sugar cookie dough. 2.5x1.5 inches

As soon as I saw this man I was beside myself to have his photograph. He graciously agreed to pose. I have another shot of him smiling b...

I got overwrought on a portrait and had to stop and do something fun, or else cut everything up with a chain saw and be done. Hence, thi...

This is 8 x 10 or so, oil on board.  His skin was so colorful, pearlescent.  And there was such sweetness in his face. It is difficult f...

This is the second painting of a boy/man in a painting class I took last year. He was indifferent to everything that went on, never brou...

Again, 10 x 14 inches, trying to work quickly and state the obvious facts with strength and then not weaken them with futzing, to make a...

This is about 10 x 14 inches, on Italian linen sheets that are gessoed, all in a pad. Much superior to the American ones, easy to work w...

With Maria Lassnig in my heart, I am soldiering on, looking for a way to use color differently and also psychological acumen rather than...

I have another jam jar label to do a painting for, so I have done a couple of warm ups. In Italy when the season is finished for somethi...

Buonasera -- I'm working in Italy in not optimal conditions, but who cares, que sera, sera... My real camera is not working so I h...

5 inches square oil on panel I am working on a larger painting and I'm scared. It's going pretty well, actually, but I get ...

6x8 oil on panel Some fun must be had between the slogging bits. Meat is as much fun to paint as pastry and less dangerous.  ...

8x6 inches, oil on panel This is an important thing I have learned during this stint with the Russian painters:  get a base layer ...

This is a fellow painter in my class. I took photos of anybody who would let me do it, everybody wincing. Harsh light from the top is th...

8x10 inches oil on panel I have been painting like mad but not posting because I have been taking painting classes and doing exercises...

8x6 inches, oil on panel This is a commission executed during my Russian Period, under the influence of the Russian instructors  in th...

9x12 oil on canvas Because I am taking a class from a figure drawing association where they teach you how to draw and paint like Rembr...

14 x 16 inches, oil on canvas Here they are, the Pomeranian Twins.  This is the latest addition to the crew of dogs rescued by the Dal...

16 x20 inches, charcoal on butcher paper This is another go with the Natrim charcoal. It did not stay up on the surface on this paper a...

oil on canvas, 10 inches square I have painted 13 or 14 dogs belonging to a couple in Dallas, and this is a new one in the gang. They c...

20x16 inches, charcoal on paper This is the first of my efforts with the Natrim charcoal, expensive Italian charcoal in long squared o...

8x6" oil on panel OK, back in the saddle after the Christmas frenzy. I am involved now in two outside activities, a drop in life d...

5x7 oil on panel Black and white I  do love a good nose shot. I just can't resist it. Noses are so complicated and interesting, s...

5x7 inches oil on panel Black and white This one sort of ran to the grotesque as I was painting, and it was interesting to me, so I j...

5x7 inches oil on panel black and white Now I'm looking for photos that have a strong light and dark pattern, so at least I...

4x5 inches oil on panel, black and white I might be in trouble when I have to turn all these in and submit to the scrutiny of The Rus...

5x7 inches, oil on panel black and white Yikes! On this one I kept at too long and lost my planes - Will try for deftness and brevity o...

5 inches square oil on panel, black and white This baby I have painted so many times I have stopped counting them because it is so depr...

6 inches square, oil on panel So --- I'm taking a class, a tonal painting class, taught by a robust and opinionated Russian (who w...

8x8 inches oil on linen panel This one very fun to do and it went quickly. I am not lingering, just trying to get it done, and then an...