Practice Painting

[snoball]

This is just a practice piece I did several years back. It is nobody, I just wanted to practice doing an aged person and start with a grisaille and see how it turned out.

 

[Enyaw]

that's beautiful .. personally, I would have stopped at 3 .. much more focus in her gaze

 

[snoball]

Thanks Wayne. Three would have been OK, but to me it had no life in it. Needed the highlighting.

 

[Enyaw]

That's because you see as a colorist and I as a tonalist.

 

[snoball]

Tonal values on colorist

Tonal values on tonalist.

 

[Katie]

Well done, I like her!

 

[WFMartin]

I admire your "pure imagination" work. That is often quite difficult to do, but you do it well!

 

[joe1It]

spectacular work,
nice to see the various phases, strong it is from the imagination.

 

[snoball]

Thank you Katie!

 

[snoball]

Thanks Bill, sometimes I get myself painted into a corner with my imagination.

 

[snoball]

Thanks Joe. I appreciate it.

 

[Enyaw]

You are bright. .. I am dull ... it's all there on both sides, just the amount of infused light is different. BTW: You must have some memory to recall such a detailed drawing.

 

[snoball]

BTW: You must have some memory to recall such a detailed drawing.

Not sure what you mean, I just sketch something out and start coloring it with paint. In this case it was completely painted in black and white (grisaille) and then color applied over it.

 

[Enyaw]

Without a model I would sketch a stick man

 

[snoball]

A stick man, fleshed out a bit and then painted, what's wrong with that?

 

[Trier]

What a beautiful display of masterfull control over every aspect of creating a painting !

Yet the painting itself is so much more than just a wonderful blend of techniques that it is hard to believe that it is not a portrait of a near and dear friend.

She bears an uncanny resemblance in features and expression to one of ours,"Betty".

 

[snoball]

Thank you Susan, maybe I was channeling Betty.

 

[Artyczar]

Holy Moses! That is incredible sno. So detailed. She has so much character and personality. You can always do that--make your subjects come alive. That is so important. Very, very well done and it feels wonderful. Great piece. I wish I had better adjectives, damnit.

 

[snoball]

Thank you Arty! You did quite well with the adjectives.

 

[Bizzibee]

I cannot for the life of me comprehend how you could do that from your imagination - your brain must be wired in a very special way. The grisaille has its own special charm.