Jamin LeFave

After moving to NY I finally got settled in enough to start painting again. Having not painted for two months I decided to make some small p...

Here is the finished study 9x12.

This is a smaller study that I am working on. If I like it enough I may paint it larger. The small studies really help to see what is workin...

I come to realize that the only way to get better at painting is to paint! The only problem is time, not enough of it. Solution 1-2 hour col...

I finished another self portrait and here are a couple of figure drawings from the figure structure class that I taught this past semester a...

I finished it, at least for now. 8x10

I painted a smaller color study a while back of this stream, I am working on a larger version.

I wanted to study Vermeer's painting technique of the milkmaid. Here is my success and failures so far. In process.

Working on the Bouguereau portrait and feel like I am making some progress, fixing some drawing errors and started a copy of Carl Bloch'...

After looking at this copy I realized that I could put it a lot farther and there is still a lot of errors to fix. It is testing my patience...

This is a portrait of Natalie Malan. I am not sure I did her justice and there is something not right that I can put my finger on. Feedback ...

Carl Bloch is one of my heroes. I did this copy to gain a better understanding of his paint applications. The values are a little too dark.

Here is a copy of a Rembrandt I did in 2007, 2009 and one that is in process.

This is the Rembrandt I copied before my self portrait. It's 5"x7".

I've been studying Rembrandt lately and been intrigued with the way he applies paint. For me that solves the expressive nature I have be...

I've been working on some copies of Bougeureau and Rembrandt. There is so much one can learn from the master. Copying was a major compon...

I'm posting some copy paintings I'm working on, some drawings from the figure drawing and head drawing class I am teaching at UVU an...

It has been a long time since last post. Here are some drawings that I have been working on. The reference for the Indian drawings is from E...

This drawing is for an oil painting that I'm starting.