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Wes Bulla
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I mostly paint and draw the human form, with the occasional still life.

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Charcoal on gessoed paper

#drawing #art #portrait #charcoaldrawing #sketch #figurativeart #artwork
May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Pastel figure drawing.

#art #figurativeart #figuredrawing #drawing #sketch #humanform #pastel #artonbluesky
May 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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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
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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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
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Part of a painting from a few years back.

#art #artwork #figurativeart #painting #oilpainting #painttexture #figure #artonbluesky #realism #representationalart
May 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Figure drawing, done in charcoal and sanguine conté.

#art #figure #figurativeart #drawing #sketch #charcoaldrawing #nudedrawing #nudeart #artonbluesky #artist
May 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Still life from 2021.

#oilpainting #art #stilllife #arrangement #painting #artist #realism #contemporaryart #artonbluesky
April 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Detail of painting titled "Youthful Reverie".

#art #artist #figurativeart #painting #oilpainting #painttexture #feet #portrait #impasto #artonbluesky
April 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Self Portrait, done in charcoal on primed linen.

#portrait #drawing #art #artwork #artonbluesky #figurativeart #charcoaldrawing #selfportrait #selfie
April 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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
April 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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An experimental study in rhythm and gesture, done in charcoal and sanguine conte crayon.

#figure #art #artwork #figurativeart #drawing #humanform #gesture #charcoaldrawing #artonbluesky
April 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Charcoal drawing from last year.

#art #artist #portrait #drawing #charcoaldrawing #sketch #figurativeart #worksonpaper #artonbluesky
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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
April 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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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
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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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
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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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
April 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024

#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
April 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Charcoal drawing from a few years ago, done on gessoed paper.

#art #artist #drawing #sketch #portrait #study #figurativeart #artonbluesky #contemporary #realism
April 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Oil painting detail.

#artist #art #portrait #oilpainting #figurativeart #process #impasto #texture
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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"Youthful Reverie", oil on canvas, 42x36 inches, 2022.

#art #fineart #painting #oilpainting #figurativeart #realism #artist #stilllife #artonbluesky
April 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Charcoal figure study.

#drawing #charcoaldrawing #art #artist #artisticnude #fineartnude #figurativeart #gesture #form #artistsonbluesky
Charcoal drawing showing artistic female nude torso and right arm in a gestural pose.
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Paint texture and varnishing progress close-ups.

#oilpaint #portrait #figure #art #artist #artonbluesky #realism #contemporaryart #wip
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Preliminary study, done in vine and Nitram charcoal on paper.

#portrait #study #charcoaldrawing #figuredrawing #worksonpaper #figurativeart #art #drawing
April 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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"Evening Interlude," oil on canvas, 42x36 inches.

#artwork #painting #oilpainting #artist #figurativeart #realism #representationalart #figurepainting #landscape
April 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Charcoal drawing on gessoed paper.

#figure #figurativeart #drawing #fineart #artwork #artist #nude #nudedrawing #charcoaldrawing #humanform
Charcoal drawing on paper featuring nude woman lying on back and drawn in a gestural manner.
April 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM