Two Acrylic Sketch Paintings

These two acrylic paintings were done during last session of classes at the MFA, I had smaller classes than usual so I worked on these pieces during the time the students were working on their paintings. Both images are from a book of Life magazine photos that I picked up for the classes. The first was a black and white photo of the French student protests, I invented a color scheme and wanted to get looser with the brush.

The second was shot on the set of a film staring Ingrid Bergman. It was also black and white and I wanted to practice using the color palette of ultramarine blue and burnt umber to make a monochromatic painting that can still deal with color temperature.