Anesthesia

Anesthesia. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Anesthesia

Painting in progress.

Anesthesia

More work in progress today on the anesthesia apparatus.

Anesthesia

Anesthesia. Painting in progress today.

Dissection with Derby Hats

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Dissection with Derby Hats

My little group of faces on the left is coming along. I think this might be my last dissection painting. I've been feeling a little more escapist and I'd like to do something more fun and inventive after this. Not saying it won't be creepy, but in a fun and inventive sort of way.

Anatomy School

Only two more doctors to flesh out, and that cadaver head to contend with. I threw in some green at the end for that one doctor's gown, but I don't know if I'll keep it. Maybe I'll soften it a little so it's more subtle.

Anatomy School

I was thinking this student holding the book might be a woman, but that would be unusual, to have a co-ed class at this time.

Anatomy School

I'm plodding along with my trusty little potboiler series of vintage anatomists at work.

Anatomy School

Now we're cooking!

Anatomy School

I've built up the background with a lot of dark colors. Raw umber. I have a big tube of raw umber and I don't know why because I never use it. I probably got it thinking it was burnt umber, but I mixed it with some hookers green and black and burnt sienna and burnt umber and it's okay. Then there's some red and ocher in there. It's a hash, but that's okay. I like to layer up colors in the dark areas. I've started this leftmost doctor's portrait, but until I get enough layers built up, I think it's too flattish. I don't like the way the first layers of paint sit on the paper. I like it when they build up and get some transparency.

Anatomy School

I've finished sketching in my studious little bone saws. It was nighttime, which makes my paper look yellow. It is not. This piece is 18" x 24"

The Three Anatomists

It was fun to work on a bigger painting. The way I built up the skin tones of the cadaver is similar to the way I go into a forest painting. It's a bit loose. There are no right or wrong colors. I just build it up. Then I decided on a sallowy, greenish pale hue, a bit shiny. I took some care to make the shapes of the hip bones come through. I wanted to have rents in the skin without getting too dramatic. The real focus is going to be on the faces of the anatomists, but this was a fun warm up.