Tag: portrait
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Pondering
Contemplating the idea of a daily sketch as I have a tendency to forget about the joys of dry media. Pondering the new year, which comes after Hogmanay, and the Word of the Year, which is going to be a phrase it seems. I have definitely entered the end of year twilight zone where I…
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Painting Saves the Mood
I had all sorts of plans for today, and a meticulous To Do List, and I was fired up and ready to conquer life, the universe and everything. The first item on my list was try, again, to contact the retailer who sent me two canvases with rips in the middle of them, which I…
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Charcoal and Cheek
I set myself several challenges this year, and one of them was to submit a piece in response to every Let’s Face It class. I have sixteen classes that are either partially done, or just in the well-I-watched-the-demo stage. In the spirit of staying current, this week’s class was by Robert Kelley, who is exceptional…
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Gisèle
‘It’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them.’ Gisèle Pelicot acrylic on wood panel 12×12″ Til the morn, Suzanne 270/300
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Portrait with Hands
I spent several hours on this, and I am hoping that I will get her finished tomorrow, and maybe, just maybe, get another 12×12″ board filled with something. In between working on this precious portrait, I put a ground down and some background stencilling on another board, so it’s just a case of invoking a…
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Paint What (Who) You Love
That’s the advice I keep seeing in this place or that place where people are talking about developing your art. Paint what you love. That’s what I have been doing today, continuing on with the portrait I started yesterday. iykyk Til the morn, Suzanne 267/300
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Let Them Cook
I have a bunch of unfinished paintings and projects, and I used to give myself a hard time about finishing things, but I am now embracing the idea of having lots of unfinished things that are simply cooking until I feel moved to come back to them. This one has been cooking for ages, and…
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Woman With Fringe
All the sketches and paintings and play that danced out of a single reference photo, and across the pages of this blog, are part of the story of this finished painting. I think we get caught up in the presentation of art on social media as being fast, instant, easy, and maybe that’s true for…
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Another Three Hour Portrait
I have been quite comfy in my practise without even realising how comfy I have been, so these challenges I have set myself this week have really bounced me out of that. Sketching with a single colour of paint is obviously very different from producing a portrait that is resolved, mixing skin tones, and using…
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Ideas a bubbling
Today is an odd day because I have lots of sketches but I don’t want to publish them here as they are ideas for a painting, and I want the idea to continue brewing before I start sharing about it, if that makes sense. My warm-up sketch isn’t part of the project, so I’ll use…
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Pfft
The reference photo for this sketch is a picture of gentle serenity, and I sketched this while a man spent six hours repeatedly mowing the same small, tiny, patch of grass with a petrol lawnmower, so I think I definitely translated my mood into the sketch. Til the morn, Suzanne 191/200
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Too Hot
It’s too hot in my house, especially upstairs, which makes painting a bit of a chore. I did some sketching, but not as much as I would have liked. Hopefully the weather will break down soon. Here’s one of the sketches, and I like how he turned out. Til the morn, Suzanne 164/200
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