David Lobenberg

Observations and thoughts about the fine art of painting

David Lobenberg Fine Art

Color corresponds to value. Ever looked through red acetate or a sheet of red plastic? You see like a dog...woof, woof. You see a value range from light to dark but no chroma or color. You can paint with one color, be it in red, blue , yellow or really any damn color that floats your boat. If you can do that well enough, how about any damn COLORS that float your boat but with the same value range that you see while looking through that sheet of red plastic? That is what I did here ( I…

I See You by David Lobenberg Watercolor ~ 15 inches x 11 inches

Kind of excited about this watercolor portraiture workshop coming up at the end of summer. It will be happening from August 12th through the 16th . . . five days! It is offered under the auspises of The Santa Clara Watercolor Society, and I am so honored that they invited me to conduct it. We will thoroughly explore portraiture in mono-color, natural color, and expressionistic color. My style is bold and loose, and has been described as watercolor portraiture with a "California vibe". I will…

Here's kinda the progression of the previous Swisher portrait post. A LOT of in between playing/searching steps are missing. That's what I like about painting in acrylic, it allows changes within minutes. No scraping or long dry times like oils. Shorter blending time, but that doesn't bother me.

All three watercolor portraits were painted on 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper, 11 by 15 inches in size. The black gentleman was painted mostly wet-on-wet in about thirty minutes. The gentleman holding the camera was painted mostly wet-on-dry over the coarse of three days in one to two hour sessions. The female subject was watercolored equally wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry over two days in about one hour sessions. I teach three to five day portrait workshops both in California and…

Yours Truly by David Lobenberg, Watercolor, 20inches x 20inches

Want to paint beautiful portraits in color? DO NOT DO IT! Not until you have lots (and I mean LOTS) of experience painting port...