Tag: hands
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Hand and Foot Combo
The hand and foot combination that was bugging me before my trip was given a full A3 page, and some large untidy brushes, to try and make sense of it. I definitely got closer to the shapes and placements, so I’m happy with that. Til the morn, Suzanne 586/600
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Back Off
I sketched and painted back of the head views today, and then finished up with this one incorporating the back view and the hands theme. A real beezer of complexity, this one, which I made even more difficult for myself with my choice of brush. I used a Daler-Rowney XL Filbert brush, size 50. It’s…
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Skint Knee
Today I pulled out an old tube of Crimson red acrylic that has been in my stash for years, mostly because the lid was absolutely stuck. I have tried a few times to get it open and failed, but today I persevered and eventually managed to get it to budge. I don’t know what was…
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Foot Thing
I spent some time today rearranging a few of my shelves, moving things that I use into more accessible spaces, and less useful things out of the way. I found a few things I had forgotten about, and I should probably do a shelf emptying task once a month just to reacquaint myself with things.…
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More All Fingers and Pose
I returned to this painting today to do some more work on it, correcting some values, and working on the hands. I’m not finished with it yet, but I’m happy with where I got to. Til the morn, Suzanne 573/600
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Thoughts on Critic, Creativity plus Banksy
I spent a lot of time today journaling, and looking through my sketchbooks, and thinking about my creative process, and then I had a real struggle getting to painting. I listened to what was going on internally, and it was all very negative about how I had wasted my time, and failed to be creative…
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Ink and Surprise Texture
Today was a migraine day, which was not fun. There was not much creativity, since my vision was twirly aura, and then I felt like rubbish. I did play with an ink that I haven’t done much with since I bought it, and I spread some acrylic ink on a canvas that I had done…
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Four Canvases
Today I have been rotating this batch of canvases, which is a process I am really enjoying. I have been trying out different mixes for the skin tones, and correcting some of the shapes as I go. These will be evolving in layers because there are definitely some changes and choices to be made, but…
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Persevere
Persevering with this reference, and the drawing on the left is where I felt I got the hand, but I wasn’t happy with the face. The drawing on the right I like the overall proportions much more, but I like the previous hand more. It’s an easy fix, especially if I decide to paint this…
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Sunday Batching
The only way to decide if something is going to work is to try it out, which is what’s happening on these canvas boards. I was trying to get the gel plate into play today but either the heat or the humidity scuppered that plan. These are very messy, lots more to do, but the…
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Saturday Extremities
Lots of things were done with paint today, but all of them are in that stage where they don’t really look like much, but I did have a go at this pose which is a bit fun. Til the morn, Suzanne 553/600
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All Fingers And Pose
Cobalt blue and caput mortuum make a satisfying mix for this luscious pose in my continued season of hands studies. Dinoopis is on hiatus at the moment, but she is my favourite muse, and creates the most interesting figure references. This is in my A3 sketchbook, with acrylic sludge as the ground, which I am…
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