Live Event Painting Examples and other News

San Francisco Open Studios

This drawing was created from remote observation of a Life Drawing Class 5,300 miles away at CICCIC (Creative Innovation Centre CIC) in Taunton, UK. The class was a companion activity arranged by the Grey Turner Surgical Club medical conference. The session was run by my sister and fellow artist, Debbi Sutton. I drew on an iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil and the Procreate app in my San Francisco studio. Throughout the session I observed and interacted with the class via a GoToMeeting live session on iMacs. In the UK an iMac was my presence in the class, enabling interaction between myself and the students and for them to see my work as it developed.

I worked on one canvas the entire time, developing the drawing over four poses. Here are the three earlier poses:

Replay of the drawing, showing how I altered the drawing to reflect the changing scene and responding to the changing poses throughout the session.

This is what the scene looked like at my end of the world (and early in the morning!):

And what the scene looked like in Taunton (you can see me on the computer screen if you look carefully…):



Photos from Taunton: Richard Holt

iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate app

This portrait was created as a live demo at my Fall Open Studios Exhibition, November 2018.

Here’s a video showing the creative process as the portrait was being painted:

iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate app

This portrait was created as a live demo at my Fall Open Studios Exhibition, November 2018.

You captured not only Madeline’s likeness yesterday, but also her spirit. You are such a talented artist and it was a real treat to experience your process.
Allison L., Madeline’s mother

Here’s a video showing the creative process as the portrait was being painted:

Painting of saxophonist Steve Steinberg as he played with the Fil Lorenz Orchestra at the Local Edition in San Francisco. This painting was created using Corel Painter 2019 on an iMac with a Wacom Intuos Pro M graphics pen tablet.

I based the painting on a source photo I took using my iPhone at the gig:

This painting was painted as a demo during my live interactive online session “PainterLab 73”, part of my online learning membership web site PaintboxTV.com. The full recording showing every step in the creative process is posted on PaintboxTv and available to all PaintboxTV subscribers.

My Fall Open Studios Exhibition was part of the city-wide San Francisco Open Studios. On our weekend hundreds of artists in the Mission District opened their studio doors (over 80 just in our building alone). Guest musicians performed as I painted, and I did a series of live demos. Some recordings and documentation of these live performances and demos are shared here:

LOCATION: 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Studio 306, San Francisco, CA 94110 (cross street Mariposa)

SCHEDULE:
Friday, November 9th, 2018, 6pm – 9pm

• 7pm – 7:30pm Musical Guest #1: Guitar Maestro singer/songwriter Nolan Love on guitar and vocals




• 7:30pm – 7:40pm Jeremy’s overview of the artworks on show
• 8pm – 8:25pm The Model and the Artist: a discussion/demo with Shahasp on the experience of sitting for two “slow” portraits by Jeremy over the last two years.




• 8:40pm – 9pm Musical Guests #2 Legendary Jazz and Blues Singer Kim Nalley on vocals and King of the Keys Noam Eisen (of Cosmo Alleycats) on piano.

Kim and Gammy: Generations
Portrait of Jazz Singer Kim Nalley and her Grandmother singing “When the Saints Come Marching In” together at Le Colonial, San Francisco
2007

Saturday, November 10th, 2018, 11am – 6pm

• 2pm – 3pm iPad Portrait Painting Demo






You captured not only Madeline’s likeness yesterday, but also her spirit. You are such a talented artist and it was a real treat to experience your process.
Allison L., Madeline’s mother

• 4pm – 4:15pm VR 3D painting demo (Tilt Brush / Oculus Rift)

Sunday, November 11th, 2018, 11am – 6pm

• 2pm – 3pm iPad Portrait Painting Demo







• 5pm – 5:30pm VR 3D painting demo (Tilt Brush / Oculus Rift)

Colin the Bass Player by Jeremy Sutton, 2018, 18″ x 36″, crayon and watercolor on heavy weight acid-free water color paper

ARTWORKS ON SHOW:
Iconic Silicon Valley Places Series – MetalPrints of iPad paintings created en plein air. This series is all AR (Augmented Reality) enabled so come prepared by downloading the free HP Reveal app on your phone to enjoy the full experience!

Portraits – selection of portraits of friends and clients, old and new, digital and non-digital

Art of Jazz Series – selection of iPad painting plus works on paper and canvas, all created live on stage during the Art of Jazz Tour earlier this year with the Birdland All-Stars featuring Tommy Igoe

Figure Drawings – selection of drawings from the last few years created in San Francisco and London

More photos from the weekend:


Photo: Steve Somerstein

Click here to see photos from the Spring Open Studios 2018.
Click here to see photos from the Fall Open Studios 2017.

R+Co Creative Director and Co-Founder, Howard McLaren, by Jeremy Sutton
Created using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate app

Brief:To create iPad portraits of guests on custom backgrounds that related to or were used in the client product packaging.
Event: The R+Co Legends Tour event at Gallery 308, Fort Mason, San Francisco.
The Digital Portraits: Each portrait subject received digital files of their portrait and the replay video immediately on completion.

Here are some more examples of portraits I created at the event.

Sal and Umaima Khan by Jeremy Sutton
Created using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate app

Brief: To create iPad portraits of guests at a school fundraiser on a custom background that reflected the Starry Night event theme.
Event: The Khan Lab School Gala at MacArthur Park, Palo Alto. Sal Khan is founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform, and of the Khan Lab School.
The Digital Portraits: Each portrait subject received digital files of their portrait and the replay video immediately on completion, plus a framed 8×10 print.

Here are some more examples of portraits I created at the event.

Art of Jazz

40″ x 22″, pigment ink print on canvas, mounted in floater frame
This painting was created live on stage using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app during the Art of Jazz Tour with the The Birdland All-Stars Featuring Tommy Igoe, January – February, 2018. The primary image is the one I created during Show #5 on January 30th, 2018, in the Blumenthal Performing Arts, McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square, Charlotte, North Carolina.

This print is available as framed canvas print or as a MetalPrint. See print options for pricing.