Tuesday, April 12, 2011

MAN WITH BEARD

6x6 Oil on Ampersand Gessobord

After admiring Dana Cooper's painting of a ballerina, I decided it would be a good idea to explore the reference photos provided by Wet Canvas. What a treasure trove! Although, I prefer to use my own photographs it isn't always possible to have a photo that is of the subject I want to explore. Because I don't have any close ups of people, I went to Wet Canvas and chose this man to paint. I think he had an interesting appearance and I enjoyed painting him.

14 comments:

  1. I'm going to have to get into that gallery, this made for a very powerful painting. I like the blue tinted light on the right. nice job!

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  2. You really captured the gesture! Thanks for sharing - going to check our Wet Canvas.

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  3. I love the way you've captured his facial expression ! A very interesting painting. :)

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  4. Like this..a lot of drama. Fun to try different subjects.

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  5. You are so adventurous! Really great job on this, Linda. I love the colors you used in the skin tones, and the lips especially are so well done. Wow!

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  6. Wonderfully intense and intimidating- those eyes:) Great skintones. Love to see others trying lots of things- good for you! Will have to check out Wet Canvas.

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  7. Nice painting, so much emotion comes through!

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  8. Wonderful! Love the blues and cool tones you used in the skin and the very free way you painted him. You really captured his intensity.

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  9. Go Linda! This is so strong! I'm tempted to visit WC's library as well...

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  10. This is wonderful, I especially like those hilights on his eyelids and on the side of his nose. I think it's very expressive!
    Joan

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  11. Oh I really like him, , beautiful light/shadow.

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  12. Hi Linda, thanks for the shout out! I am away from a computer and painting so I missed this. Great interpretation of the man and the Eiffel Tower below. I can see that I will have lots to catch up on when I return!!

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  13. I love this painting. It's very expressive and full of so much emotion. Your marks are very dynamic. Beautiful work.

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