You won't hear "loose" too many times when associated with my painting style, but this portrait was really lots of fun...although a bit scarey in execution. Bob Hague is a marvelous portrait artist from the Orlando, Fla. area and did this demo for us during our little Florida adventure. He starts out with strong color and uses a bead of paint/water and just marches right down the elevated page. Wish I could find the photo showing the "mask of Zorro" when he laid the paint on the eye area...nearly had a stroke...but it turned out very luminious in his demo. My painting got a bit muddy in places, but I'm going to try the "bead" technique on some other subjects and see what happens. If you don't go back into the paint after a certain time, it stays really clean. All in all, this was a really fun paint, and all the others turned out good paintings with him at the helm. I was painting two at a time so I would not get into my usual tight mode and this is the one I thought was better...it's rather scarey to use this much strong color on a portrait for me, but after I started to breathe again after laying in the color I got into the swing of things.
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This is incredible, love the highlights on her face and the darker background complements it so nicely, can't wait to see more of what you do with this new technique.
ReplyDeleteMollie, this is superb! You did a great job on this portrait. You are getting to be so good with the portraits that soon you will be hanging a shingle that says "portrait commissions accepted" outside your door. :)
ReplyDeleteMollie, this is so full of light. It has a stunning golden glow! You are good!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, Mollie - you loose painter, you :) xx
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on stepping out of your comfort zone and trying new techniques with your work! This is a wonderful portrait! I love the bold colors!
ReplyDeleteLoos is sometimes the key Mollie to a great not loose painting. I also feel sometimes that I just need to grab the brush and quickly paint what I see without thinking. Rarely happens unfortunately..
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Mollie, love the bold look of your portrait. It looks like you had so much fun painting it.
ReplyDeleteMollie, You will want to delete the post above that I posted under your name. Hope you can get the backroom problems sorted so you can comment soon!
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ReplyDeleteWell...it took my techie son to come home for the weekend to fix Blogger's problem with my blog, but I can now post. Sure has been maddening for this past 2 weeks to see all your comments and not be able to respond. Sorry guys...but thanks to each of you for stopping by...I always appreciate your encouragement.
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