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The last step is to chop in the remaining background elements. They aren’t particularly important or interesting, so I don’t spend much time painting them in any detail. The most important element they add to the painting is their color, which gives context to the colors in the important areas of the painting. Unfortunately, this image, taken just after I finished working, is not the best. The fresh paint is much glossier than the drier paint, and reflects a lot of light. You can really see the texture of the cotton canvas, especially in the top right of the painting. Even so, it gives you a good enough idea of what the finished oil sketch looks like. I am quite pleased with the way this one turned out, but then I suppose everyone is partial to paintings of their own kids, and Ernie was always one of my favorite Muppets.

I hope this has been at least a somewhat interesting diversion from the more serious work usually presented in the studio.

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About Bryan Larsen ~

Bryan Larsen

"I was born on February 12, 1975, and have been drawing as long as I can remember. By the time I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn't have a clear idea of how exactly I would use my talents to make a living.

"As I continued studying art, I began to suspect that fine visual art was dead. No one seemed interested in teaching students how to draw well, or paint well. More often than not, my own skills exceeded those of my instructors.

"The only field left that seemed to require good drawing, painting, and compositional skills was illustration, and therefore I began studying illustration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I became even more convinced that I had made the right decision in staying away from fine art as I endured course after course of required "drawing" and "painting" classes in which instructors required me to draw with "less focus", or use ridiculous materials such as shellac, glue, sand, salt, etc.

"My second year at Utah State, I met Damon Denys. In discussing Art with him I realized that there were other people who believed that technique and subject matter were indispensable components of any work of art. I then decided that I would work to develop my own painting skills with the purpose of creating artwork that I considered worthy of being called Fine Art.

"Since that time, I have studied on my own: Drawing from live models to learn the human form, studying proper painting techniques from any source I could find ample reason to trust, and developing a philosophy of Art based on reason, and life on earth.

"My goal is to portray the heroic and romantic in human nature and human achievement in a realistic style and a modern setting. I place particular emphasis on composition, technique, realistic detail, proper craftsmanship and consistency of style."