Expanding to Larger Work in Oil

  From my drawings with a live model, I go back to my art studio.  I first play with more drawings on larger paper, then to watercolor with colored crayons and eventually to even larger work in oil. Each medium offers its own challenges.  My main challenge is how...

Arts Students League Xmas Show- New work by Lesley A. Powell

This piece will be in Arts Students League Xmas Show and is for sale.  I started this piece at one of favorite places, Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, New York.  There is a wonderful Japanese garden that I love to go to and do plein air.

Developing new work from working with a live model

It has been a exciting and rewarding year being back working with live models.  These poses are from very quick poses of 1-5 minutes with a wild set behind them.  My drawing and painting has transformed into a new creativity.  Then I go back to my studio.  I try to...

Interpretations of a Landscape by Lesley A. Powell

These are the latest drafts of some plein air work that I started.  These started at the farm that Andrew Wyeth painted at in Brandywine, Penn.   Then I  worked on enhancing the design on the canvas and changing the interpretation the...