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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 28

Charcoal on gessoed paper

#drawing #art #portrait #charcoaldrawing #sketch #figurativeart #artwork

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 22

Pastel figure drawing.

#art #figurativeart #figuredrawing #drawing #sketch #humanform #pastel #artonbluesky

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 22

Fairly quick figure sketch as I get back into working with graphite. I'll probably keep pushing this medium, though I much prefer charcoal.

#figurativeart #drawing #art #sketch #graphite #figure #figuredrawing #wip

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 15

Appreciated. Thank you!

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 14

Painting titled "Drifting" from 2019. This was an early one from what I've come to think of as my "white fabric" phase. The use of white fabric was intended as a foil against an otherwise dark composition, and to provide rhythm and movement.

#oilpainting #art #figurativeart #composition

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 13

Part of a painting from a few years back.

#art #artwork #figurativeart #painting #oilpainting #painttexture #figure #artonbluesky #realism #representationalart

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · May 2

Figure drawing, done in charcoal and sanguine conté.

#art #figure #figurativeart #drawing #sketch #charcoaldrawing #nudedrawing #nudeart #artonbluesky #artist

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 28

Still life from 2021.

#oilpainting #art #stilllife #arrangement #painting #artist #realism #contemporaryart #artonbluesky

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you so much!

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 25

Detail of painting titled "Youthful Reverie".

#art #artist #figurativeart #painting #oilpainting #painttexture #feet #portrait #impasto #artonbluesky

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 23

Self Portrait, done in charcoal on primed linen.

#portrait #drawing #art #artwork #artonbluesky #figurativeart #charcoaldrawing #selfportrait #selfie

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thank you!

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 21

Detail from a still life painting. I enjoyed leaving some passages unfinished, plus using light and dark patterns to carve out positive and negative space.

#art #artist #artwork #stilllife #painting #oilpainting #process #realism #representationalart #contemporary

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you!

Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you very much.

Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 18

An experimental study in rhythm and gesture, done in charcoal and sanguine conte crayon.

#figure #art #artwork #figurativeart #drawing #humanform #gesture #charcoaldrawing #artonbluesky

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 17

Charcoal drawing from last year.

#art #artist #portrait #drawing #charcoaldrawing #sketch #figurativeart #worksonpaper #artonbluesky

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 16

Part of an unfinished painting, future uncertain. I got as far as blocking in and building up layers of the figure, but the overall composition is a mess. Letting things settle for awhile before determining it's fate.

#figurativeart #portrait #painting #oilpainting #wip #process #art #artwork

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 16

This is mostly raw umber, burnt sienna, yellow ochre and white, with a bit of alizarin and ultramarine for darkest areas. Utrecht is probably one of my favorite brands, but I also enjoy Gamblin and a small company called RGH.

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 15

Still life that's lurking in the corner of a larger painting, done in a very limited palette.

#oilpainting #art #artwork #figurativeart #stilllife #painting #artonbluesky #contemporaryart #realism #observation #process

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it.

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you so much

Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 14

When I'm not painting the human figure, I'm usually painting items from my surroundings.

#art #painting #oilpainting #stilllife #artist #artwork #observation #sketch #everydaylife

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 11

Detail from previous post.

This was a fun piece to work on, as it evolved through reworking and layering while trying to balance various degrees of finish.

#art #artwork #painting #layers #portrait #figurativeart

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Wes Bulla @wesbulla.bsky.social · Apr 11

Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024

#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait

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