Tag: portrait
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Success and Interference
Last night I spent a little time looking at reference photos, and decided on profiles as a theme for this week. I set up a note in my phone designating a reference for each day, and made some other notes about things I’d like to get stuck into if I manage to give myself more…
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Should I Call Her The Markets?
Daily practise is many things, the obvious being improving skills, which includes the skill of being able to let it go more easily when things don’t go to plan. Daily practise starts to yield bodies of work that help with deciding what you like, what you don’t like, and what you want to say with…
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Disembodied
One of the rules for portrait painting is to give your subject a neck and shoulders, and not just have them floating and disembodied. So I broke that rule. Til the morn, Suzanne 414/500
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Changed The Palette
For today’s shenanigans I chose a different palette and carried on with the same selfie I’ve been painting from. It’s very weird to me that my self-portraits are getting more likes over on Bluesky than my other portraits. This adds to the particular vibe that goes along with painting self-portraits. The palette I chose is…
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Dear Body WTF?
Day 40/41 I diverged from my challenge a bit yesterday. I was unable to complete this one, because I was having a bout of perimenopause pain, and couldn’t stand up to paint any more. I finished her today, though, and I’m fairly happy with the way the abstraction turned out. A slightly abstracted selfie that…
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Upturned
Day 39/100 one hour alla prima oil portrait on 6×8″ paper. This one went OK, but it’s very sunny and warm today, and I am not sure if that affected the way the paint was moving. The sun is still low enough that it is annoying rather than lighting, and I had to shut the…
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Me Again
Day 38/100 Back to this selfie for my one hour portrait today. Apparently it looks like me, according to Mither and Himself, and I guess they would know. Himself thinks it’s a bit long in the face, which reminded me of childhood, and being asked “why for the lang face, quine?” I’m still discombobulated from…
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Lips
I have worked with this reference photo a few times now, and it is all challenging one. There are all sorts of weird corners, and things that just don’t behave like facial features. I think this might be the best attempt yet, and I’m happy with it. I used the Zorn Palette today. I quite…
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Pink Highlights
Day 34 I enjoyed painting this one today, and there was a different energy on the go. I hadn’t really clocked I was in a vague dip until today when I wasn’t. I suppose it’s not surprising, given the state of everything. Til the morn, Suzanne 405/500
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Duck Face
I have posted most of my morning sketches, but it’s a practise I am enjoying. I confess they are not always a morning sketch, but they are always the first art that I do. They are a great way to warm up and get the synapses sparking. I have come to a few conclusions today,…
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Oil Sketch
Day 31 #The100DayProject I didn’t have an hour today, so this is a 30 minute oil sketch using one of my scratchy brushes. It’s probably more of an underpainting than anything else, but it’s done, streak maintained. I would offer up my Morning Sketch to take the edge off, but it was done in 8…
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Going Green
I decided to try a reference I am comfortable with today, and I’m still trying out this alla prima technique that is a bit more in-depth. It’s quite challenging to do in an hour, and I am unconvinced with the greens for shadows, lol. I’m having fun, tho, which is good. I now have thirty…
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