Jameson is the young man whose portrait I painted last week. A terrific model, good humored guy, he posed classically for us last night. I attempted to imply his tatooed body. Couldn't get them all, so I used my license to include just some. With the usual 3 hours not much more can be accomplished.
The more I do this, the more I find that success is in the preparation of puddles of color in a limited range ahead of time, then adjusting when at the session with other colors you actually see. This is the secret to using those three hours well.
You can practice mixing in your own studio ahead of time to get the consistency correct and the amount of paint suited to your needs. Otherwise, you can become real frustrated and end up with poorer quality all the way around.
I learned quite a bit about tonality and limited palette, brushes, etc. from signing up for a live demo last week by Mia Bergeron on Cindy Procious' site, artstudiosecrets.com. There will be other demos coming up and I highly recommend her site, especially if one cannot travel to study with some of these accomplished artists. The cost is manageable and the time to watch can be all at once or over a few days.
I am going to try a new format with my blog, leaving Fridays for figures and portraits. The rest of the week will be 'daily painting' type posts.
Have a great weekend!
12 comments:
Nice, nice study of the male model!
Congratulations. The painting is very good. It sounds like you had a great session.
Very well done, Cathyann.
Well done - love the tatoos.
I mix colors before I start as well. I find it saves hunting for that perfect hue. As I go I may mix more but the prep at the beginning saves time and frustration.
Thanks, tony. It was.
Thanks Sherry and Tammy,
It does make a whole lot of sense, really.
Great figure work, Cathyann! Love that strong light hitting his legs and the pensive look. It just amazes me that you can do a figure this well in only 3 hours!
I liked all his works,
you are one much talent artist.
Congratulations
Best Regards
Paulo
Great job.
Cathyann, do you draw him first on the canvas and then paint or do you just go to it?
He looks great and I love how you got the tattoos.
Thanks Gwen...yes the lighting was superb.
Thank you, Karen.
Hello Paulo, you are very kind, Thank you.
Carol.
I draw after plotting out with strike lines in a very thin mix of ultra. blue and venetian red or burnt sienna. Then I block in big passages from dark to light with same mix. Then dive into color. Work always from big to small. hard to soft, dark to lights. Stepping back and squinting every time I make an adjustment. I used two brushes for this painting. One #4 filbert and one #2 filbert Synthetic bristels.
excuse me ...that is bristles.
You did a great job on this!
Thanks for the artstudio link... off to check that out now!
Cool front came through last night - had some rain (Woo Hoo!) and highs for the rest of the week are in the mid 80's.... which is cool after the last couple of weeks. Hope you're getting some cooler temps too!
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