DPC- The BIG Update

(More To Come Soon -brief description)

So here we are after months of no updates, but here we go. This semester at school has been a busy one at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It wasn't till our winter break when time began to free up. It has been a busy month off, and I am happy to say I enjoyed every bit of it with the DPC members. A lot of the break was spent seeing shows at galleries with painting on the side.
Here is our visit to the PMA (Philadelphia Museum of Art). Our group consisted of Mike Manley, Joel Shambe, Sue Beccaria, and myself. It was a beautiful day, besides the cold, bitter harsh mistress that is winter.





Mike and Joel ready to blow there heads off in this exhibit. Basically it was a white room with many white panels, each being the same size and color, saying the same thing in different voices, and i quote, " Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday". Over and Over again!!!!! My how the art world has gone down the toilet. Sigh...............



This is an oil sketch done by Thomas Eakins. The Legend at our school.
I really enjoy his work, and seeing his progression work.





A portrait done by the Wonderful John Singer Sargent. Who's show i saw this winter. An amazing show at that.



Here is a painting done by my favorite surrealist painter, Salvador Dali. I recall going to his exhibit years ago when it came around to the PMA. I was still in High School, so I didn't get all I could have gotten as opposed to if i went now. I hope to see it again in my lifetime.



Mike taking pictures of the beautiful sunset awaiting of exit of the PMA.

"John Singer Sargent Exhibit"

This was an amazing day to be an artist. The DPC took a trip out to see
The John Singer Sargent show in Washington, DC, then followed it up with a visit to the
National Portrait Gallery. The members on this trip consisted of Mike Manley, Joel Shambe, Lexi Thomas, and once again myself. We all meet up at Manley's house bright and early, so we could get a full day in. From there on we began our long adventure on the open road, which consisted of dirty jokes, coffee, and smackdonalds breakfast sandwiches. 4 hours later we arrived at DC and ate lunch at Pot Belly restaurant. Finally we made our way through the clean streets of DC towards the Sargent Exhibit.



The White House. We considered walking up the grass and hanging with Mr. Obama
for the day, but being shot on sight didn't seem all that great. So we pressed on.



Here is Mike Joel and Lexi taking pictures of each other and the White House in all its glory.



Lunch at the Pot Belly



The stairway to heaven. AkA Stairs to Sargent



Mike and Joel discussing and breaking down the painting into technical theory to better understand how Sargent went about painting it.



Sargent Drawing done in Charcoal and White Chalk



Sargent Charcoal Drawing



Sargent Charcoal Drawing



Sargent Painting



Sargent Painting



Sargent Painting

" The National Portrait Gallery"



Richard Nixon Presidential Portrait Painted by Norman Rockwell.



2nd Place Winner of the



The Washington Portrait done by Gilbert Stuart.



Lexi posing with the sculpture. Caught her off guard in the photo.



Mike snapping photos of every painting in the gallery.



Joel Standing by the original study of Washington done from life. From what I'm told, this painting was used to complete the other Lansdown Portraits.

"Landscape Painting At Jane Winters"



Lunch Time for the DPC.



My Painting in progress



Jane Winter's Painting



Jane hard at work on her landscape.



Mike Manley's finished painting for the day.



Mike concentrating on his masterpiece



Lexi Thomas's Pastel drawing for the day


Lexi Multitasking , petting dogs and drawing at the same time is no easy task.

Dirty Platte Meeting Summer Session-Finals and New Model

Well with only a few days left till school starts the summer of the DPC draws to an end. We had our final summer meeting and our second session with our new model Michelle, who's a real pro and a cool person to boot. I had a lot of fun getting out with the group and also having Michelle over to paint at my place. I think we got out and about quite often this summer and had a great time as we always do joking with each other and sharing and caring about art--along with our usual DPC brand of humor. here are my two paintings of Michelle, started at the DPC session and finished up later.

Dave and Will painting away...

Will's study
Joel's study.

With school back in session we'll have to come up with a new schedule to meet and paint, maybe in school or even out and about the city. I really felt that painting outside of the school environment was essential to my growth as an artist this summer and also having a great group of talented and supportive friends is something you can never underestimate as being a vital part of that growth.

Summer Meeting 6

Yesterday as the severe thunder storms rolled through the area the DPC got down to it's weekly business. Claire came to model for us again and we set about working at a portrait. Unfortunately Claire ended up not feeling well so we had to cut the pose shorter than we hoped, but there is always the camera and next time.
I went ahead and finished up my quick portrait form the photo I snapped.

Next week we have to decide if we are going to do a portrait again or go back out for another landscape.
Dave, Joel and Will get down to work.

Dirty Palette Club - Session 5

Today was a great day for the Dirty Palette Club. Good Weather and a Good Challenge.
We spent our time in a parking lot across an old boat yard. Well that's what I thought it was anyway. Intitally we tried to paint on the other side of the fence, but access was not granted, and my Jedi mind trick is getting sloppy.

Here is our crew for the evening, which included Mike Manley (Showing us all how tasty Chick Fil A food is), Joel Shambe, David Golas, and myself (William Sentman)

Here was my finished painting for the evening. I was pretty happy with the results, being that landscape painting is new to me. With great art comes much practice and that's why I continue to push myself at any cost.
Here you can see Dave Painting away with his Palette Knife.
This was an early photo for Dave's painting. I did not capture his finished work apparently.
Hopefully Mike will post it up for everyone. I thought It was his best landscape yet.

Ahhhhh and our good buddy Joel decided to join us today on our excursion. I was pleased to know he was coming out with us. And a delight it was.

Here is Joel's Finished painting for the day. The two things that really draw my eye in is the crates in the foreground and the structure upon the ship. Overall I think its the lighting that really drags me in.

And who cant forget about Mike. Here he is painting away deep in thought about what color and or value that building is. Whats great about Mike, in my opinion, is his increase of surface size each time we go out to paint. Each time he manages to get enough information down that reads well.
And here is Mikes finished paining for the day.