A Young Man is Little Portrait Painting No. 16

100 Little Portrait Painting Project. Painting No.16. "A Young Man" Copyright Christine Montague

This 6″ x 6″ oil painting portrait of an attractive young man is also a commission. It is the first time I have painted a soul patch.

The collection on my wall of reproductions of these little commissions is happily growing.

Portrait 10 of a Ten Year Old. One Tenth of the Way There.

100 Little Portraits Project: 6" x 6" portrait oil painting of a boy. Copyright Christine Montague

Finished today and drying in the studio is this 6″ square  portrait on canvas of a 10-year-old boy. No. 10 in the series. I’m enjoying the expressions that  can still be conveyed on these small canvases. Many of these portraits are on display in my studio at the Williams MIll Visual Arts Centre.

Portrait 9. Now What?!

6" x 6" Portrait oil painting on canvas of a young man copyright Christine Montague

At last! Here is No. 9 in the 100 Little Portraits Project. Who know’s what this youth is thinking, but chances are it is more than the bright sun that is making him scowl. Could it be that a certain someone is taking too many photos of him in a public place?! “Now what.” could easily be entitled  ”Go away”, but at least this handsome young man is polite enough to keep these thoughts to himself.

Portrait 8 of 100 Little Portrait Paintings Project

Portrait 8 of 100 Little Portraits. Teenage Girl Smiling. Copyright Christine Montague 2011

Newest of the 100 little portrait oil paintings, this 6″ x 6″ oil painting is of a 16-year-old girl, err, young woman. She is proud of her Irish heritage, and so the hint of the green shirt, the green trees in the background, (as well as her dark hair, and hazel green eyes ) are a nod to this lineage.