Etude #24
Objective:
Focus is on color and mark making. I want this person to be unique. This is not an exercise in trying to copy a photo, I want to find someone new emerging from it as I work and then to allow that person to come out.
Alice Neel - Eddie Zuckermandel, 1948
I keep thinking about the shape of the eyes and nose in this Neel painting.
Also, that composition and sense of depth… whoa, nicely done.
Paula Modersohn-Becker - 'Mädchen mit Blumenkranz', 1901
This image is so perfect. The color, the application of paint, the mood, the capture of the person posing…. Love this painting.
End of Session 8
I’m liking where this is. Needs more depth.
End of Session 13
I really like this right here.
My initial intent was to take it a lot further (small brush marks, more color, splashes), I couldn’t keep going. I liked it too much.
I figure I always over work things, might as well leave it here, still wanting to work on it, but appreciating where it is at at this moment.
Result:
I really like this work.
For the images below: I recommend clicking on one of the images, then using the (forward/backward) buttons to scroll through them.
Reference Image
What a great face
Note: Information on why I’m adding the meta data to the painting can be found here, ‘Objets Et Etranges #1’.
Love this song, I’d trade a quick sketch for a first edition of this album.