This, in the artist's opinion, is not my greatest work. That would be "Early Afternoon". But this is my my personal favorite. It shows my wife's sense of life. There's a chain lock for the door, but she doesn't use it. She's open and fearless in facing the world.
So many stories pop into my mind with this one. An aniticipated visitor walking up but not yet to the threshold, a lingering conversation that even after goodbyes still holds too much enjoyment to let go of. I really love the warm background/wall. You inspire me to see what can be done besides what is there in the photo reference. No doubt I would have ended up painting a white drywall wall. I am still learning.
The chain does look very slightly out of place, but I love how the light illuminates her face, and how she's facing whatever/whoever's outside with a warm 'glow'. (And a hand perhaps extended in greeting). It's beautiful.
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"Honey, I'm Farlander. I'm married to my Library, and you are not it."
Both. I would start a drawing from life, getting a pretty good idea of the final outcome. I don't hold my model for long in posing. 15 minutes or so at a time. Might take days this way for the drawing. And no, she doesn't have to find the original pose again during subsequent poses. In fact I like to see a similar but not exact pose in order to "see around" the model. This drawing is what I started the painting with. At some point during the painting process I took a photo of her. You can see deeply into a photo for details such as hair that you'd have to go up close to the model in painting her and then back to the canvas.
I took a photo of the chain to work from although in the painting I emphasized the color (in the photo it was a rather dull light brown, somewhat near raw umber, white and yellow ochre) and highlights.
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"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci
Great portrait, these are the kind I love, the kind that are interresting!
The contrasts between light and shadow are beautiful, and at least I know I get a sense of actually being there.
And the whole 'facing the world without a chain on my door' thing is a theme I like a lot.
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"Honey, I'm Farlander. I'm married to my Library, and you are not it."
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Ilana
I took a photo of the chain to work from although in the painting I emphasized the color (in the photo it was a rather dull light brown, somewhat near raw umber, white and yellow ochre) and highlights.
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"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci
Originals: "Prices" [link]
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"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci
Originals: "Prices" [link]
The contrasts between light and shadow are beautiful, and at least I know I get a sense of actually being there.
And the whole 'facing the world without a chain on my door' thing is a theme I like a lot.
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"I don't take drugs: I am drugs."
Dali
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