Figure Paintings | Frank Costantino

O-Bon Duo – watercolor figure painting

With striking traditional dress costumes from earlier eras, these two casual Japanese youngsters were colorfully contrasted celebrants for the annual summer O-Bon Festival in Kyoto.

Revisiting the Veil- After Sargent – watercolor figure painting

John Singer Sargent continues to inspire legions of painters, and his watercolors are just that for this artist. To better understand his techniques, I reversed this delicate image, interpreted and applied most of the palette that he had used, with some additional saturation on the rug and the lamp.

Taking an Artist’s Measure – en plein air watercolor figure painting

Expressive of an artist’s methods during an arts festival, the painting shows the juxtaposition of the artist intent on her work (which is outside the frame of the view), and collectors shaded under the canopy of the exhibition shed.

Olivia & Abby’s Climb – en plein air watercolor landscape painting with figures

Marblehead Light, one of the Town’s historic, iconic structures, is portrayed with a focus on only the lower entry portal and the tracery of the supporting pipes and cables with their strong cast shadows.

Windblown on Surfside – en plein air watercolor seascape beach scene painting by Frank Costantino.

A fun view of children and parent bathers enjoying the sun in different ways at Surfside’s vigorous shoreline. The upturned umbrella happened in an instant, and with the suggestive splashing of the surf, added a dimension of motion to an impression painted quickly without linework.