3/25/11 - Well, only four frames from the movie, 'cuz I didn't really shoot one, but here are the stages of "Sarah 2", just for the record.3/24/11 - OK, she's not getting any earrings. After I did a bit more refining, I then realized--I have a major gaff in this thing. In the source photo, her head is torqued slightly, which is why she has the tension in her neck, and the tendon is taught. Well, I decided to depict her head-on, looking straight at me.... ergo, her neck should have no tension in it. OOPS. Doncha just hate that?!! I do. (Several expletives deleted!)
3/23/11 - Update. Spent some time refining... added the glasses. I always see a few tweaks I want to make, when I get the image on the computer. And earrings are left to add... should finish it up tomorrow, no problem.
3/22/11 - Yes, this is the same model from Girl with an Earring of a couple of posts ago. Sarah returned for a reprise, and we used a different technique to do an "underpainting" this week--still in monochrome. Well, I was not at all happy with it, and so it didn't upset me when Aimee did a bit of a demo on it and then wiped half of the painting off! With 10 min. left to the class. haha Thanks, Aimee!
So what the hey, I decided to use it as a base for a play day. I intended to do something wacky and Soutine-ish with wild colors. I picked Montserrat Orange and Egyption Violet! Ha! Can't get too serious about that, right? Oh well... wrong again. By the end of the 3-4 hrs I spent on this, it had kinda gotten back to my "business as usual" painting style. Erck!! Expletive deleted. Well, I will finish this anyway by adding the glasses back in, and the (more demure this time) earrings. Good for me for getting some painting time in, at least... as Daniel Coyle would say, I wrapped another layer of myelin around my neurons!
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OK, here's a little something extra. I thought I might include a quote once in a while, when I run across a really good one. This one seems to be appropriate to my latest series of works:
"You must draw first, to cultivate the spirit and to be able to lead color into spiritual paths." - Matisse
Hey Kay! I would have loved to see some progress steps! :)
ReplyDeletelooks good, tense neck or not! Easy fix!
Hi A.M.! Thanks for the comment. You're right... easy fix, I feel more hopeful about it today. It's just that when my powers of observation let me down, I can hardly believe it. Why didn't I see that until the painting was mostly done? Erk!!
ReplyDeleteAnd next post, I'll see if I can add in some progress thumbnails.
ps. Almost Monday = serena :)
ReplyDeleteIn case you didn't know! haha
I can't wait to see the next post!