Comments | shigella: George: Oil on Panel

shigella

George: Oil on Panel

Feb 14, 2013 12:03

George has been a friend for many years. He’s calm, bookish and introverted and therefore makes easy company around the house. He never raises an eyebrow when he comes to visit and there is clutter all over the house. He just sits down, compliments my cooking and plays Xbox with M while I disappear downstairs to paint ( Read more... )

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dandelionwhine February 14 2013, 18:56:41 UTC

last year the museum acquired a bunch of things from an artist's estate (Gifford Beal), including a drawing/sketchbook and a number of little studies like this. they are incredible. it's so grand to be able to look at sketches and studies and then see the larger, finished work. can't wait til you make him sit for a real portrait!

lupine_project February 15 2013, 04:44:30 UTC

I'll bet George is honored to have you paint him!

miz_anneliese February 15 2013, 04:46:44 UTC

Hello, George. What a wonderful man you must be!

chih February 16 2013, 01:33:59 UTC

lovely highlights, especially on his forehead. I also like how the skin behind his glasses are a slightly different color to show the glass.

dandelionwhine February 28 2013, 01:43:04 UTC

i was just clicking around my bookmarks and found your portrait of Jessica. OMG. the light in her hair that extends across her cheekbones + the drip marks on the right.... the whole painting is lovely. she looks absolutely real and absolutely not at the same time (due, in part to the lighting and the marks). so glad you posted it.

shigella March 10 2013, 03:30:49 UTC

Thank you! I'm still doing some detail work on Jessica's portrait, but she's got a lovely face. I'm experimenting a lot more with painterly qualities. I've had a few people give artistic feedback that I don't show enough brushwork. It's funny, since the smoothness of a surface was very valued as a technical aspect in the late 1800s...but today it's 'too finished.' So I'm trying out some other things, playing with ideas.