Showing posts with label nude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nude. Show all posts

Monday

Demonstration: Wet into Wet with Grids and Anatomical Layouts

Swimmer oil paint on masonite panel 10x8 inches by Kenney Mencher




This is a step by step video that shows how I lay out the figure using a combination of the grid and transfer system combined with an anatomical life drawing method.  It also shows how I use the oil paint in a wet into wet or alla prima style.  I also discuss the colors I used.

This  painting is a available for purchase at:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/106185482/swimmer-oil-paint-on-masonite-panel-10x8

Here are the supplies I used:

    Turpenoid odorless thinner
    These are some of  the brushes I use most  (I've cut and pasted from www.aswexpress.com)
            Winsor & Newton Monarch Bright Brush - Size 2
            Winsor & Newton Monarch Bright Brush - Size 8
            Winsor & Newton Monarch Bright Brush - Size 12
            Winsor & Newton Monarch Bright Brush - Size 14
            Isabey Isacryl Series 6562 Bright Brush - Size 6
            Isabey Isacryl Series 6562 Bright Brush - Size 10
            Pro-Stroke Red Sable Series 49B Bright - Size 20
            Pro-Stroke Red Sable Series 49B Bright - Size 16
            PRO-STROKE RED SABLE SERIES 49B BRIGHT - SIZE 6
            PROSTROKE SABLE BRIGHT SZ 8

             
    Paints: (hues are OK) Windsor Newton Wintons, Rowney Georgian, Utrecht, or Gamblin are all very good paints. I suggest buying the largest student grade tubes you can afford. (around 225 ml)
    The best value for you on the www.aswexpress.com website is probably the Windsor Newton WINTON
        lamp black (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        burnt sienna (I suggest Gamblin)
        burnt umber or raw umber (I suggest Gamblin)
        yellow ochre(I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        lemon yellow (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        scarlet (Rowney Georgian is a good brand)
        cadmium red light (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        alizarin crimson (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        ultramarine blue (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        cerulean blue (I suggest Windsor Newton Winton)
        payne's gray  (I think Gamblin brand is best for this one.)
        white (there are several different ones zinc white and or titanium white are fine)
    A small bottle of Liquin or Galkyd painting medium
    An 18"x24" Drawing board

Saturday

The joys of monchromatic painting.

Over the years I've made a series of warm and cool monochromatic paintings.  Mainly because I felt like they really shared a lot with the film nor things I grew up with.  I thought I'd share some of them with you guys here:
 

If it Fits by Kenney Mencher original oil painting on canvas 16"x20"x1.5" inches

His Fuse was Lit, oil paint on linen canvas 14x11inches by Kenney Mencher

Fiasco, oil on canvas 18"x24"x.25" inches by Kenney Mencher

Steam, oil paint on linen canvas, 18"x24"x.5" inches by Kenney Mencher



Memory Game, oil paint on linen canvas, 24"x48"x1.5" inches by Kenney Mencher

Oration, oil on canvas 18"x24"x.25" inches by Kenney Mencher

New Tie, oil paint on linen canvas 20"x20"x1.5" by Kenney Mencher

Starlette, oil paint on linen canvas 20"x20"x1.5" by Kenney Mencher

The Life, oil on canvas 20"x30"x.25" inches by Kenney Mencher

Sub Urbans by Kenney Mencher oil on linen canvas 48x70x1.5


Visual Aids, oil paint on linen canvas, 18"x24"x.5" inches by Kenney Mencher

Saturday

May I ask whats your obsession with naked women?

Lisa said...
May I ask whats your obsession with naked women? Many of your paitings demoralize women, and some women might take offense. Comment?

What you ask is a completely valid question and some viewers may take offense at the fact that I paint a lot of pinup style nudes, but, in answer to your questions:
First, I’m a man and as a man I am fairly libidinous and obsessed with women in general.

For those who don’t like to look at nude women, I think that they just wouldn’t understand. I can say that there is a long historical record of men portraying nude or naked females from the Prehistoric era’s “Venus of Willendorf” to the so called "Snake Goddesses" of Knossos Crete, to the Renaissance era’s “Venus of Urbino” to today’s most contemporary painters such as John Currin and Lisa Yuskavage.

I don’t think that my painting demoralize or even denigrate women but rather celebrate their power as sexual beings. I do acknowledge that some people will not agree with my contention and for those people who find my paintings offensive, they don’t have to buy them or even look at them.

An interesting thing that sort of justifies my painting these kinds of images is that I get way more people looking at my nudes of women on Etsy than all my other images. (visit my Etsy Shop to see and notice the views for each item)