Hey Folks,I am doing a short post today and I will resume talking about planes of the face starting on Monday. I am off to the Bay Area to work on a project with my bud FX ( I am bringing my pastels to capture Bhagdad by the Bay ). But I just wanted to post a short thought about painting sketches of a face for a larger painting. It has been traditionally a good idea to paint a small sketch of the portrait you are about to begin. Its a good time at this point to experiment with some colors that you may have never tried before. Painting a small color sketch also familiarizes you with the subject and you start identifying with their features and personality and Humanity. You begin to really feel the person and they become more than an excuse to push around paint and show off your talent. At the end of the day, I want the viewer to feel THEM more than me.
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I use such different techniques as a digital artist, Frank, but I totally agree that I want people to see more of THEM than ME! Sometimes, I actually pull it off!
ReplyDeletehi, your work is really great and your blog is very interesting reading, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by George and thanks also for liking the Blog... I hope to hear from you again!
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This is a sketch, huh? Yikes. OK, I spent half the day yesterday reading most of your blog. Thanks for starting it--wish I had found it sooner.
ReplyDeleteThanks Connie...See you at the Workshop!
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