Once again, I decided to take one of my daily sketches and paint it much larger than the original. This time It's 80 x 60 cm (approx 31x 23 inches) and again it is the depiction of an expressed emotion, and, yes it is again more or less a self portrait.
The shout is complete theater, but looks convincing.
So I put on a coat of light blue in acrylic and transferred my sketch.
It is based on this sketch
Hopefully some paint goes on tomorrow.
Journal of my activities in and around painting since my discovery of it in 2007.
May 25, 2010
May 21, 2010
Scaling up a Laugh - Session 4
Getting close to the finish on this one. I'm getting the expression of explosive joy.
I included a wide view to give an impression of the size of the canvas.
I included a wide view to give an impression of the size of the canvas.
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Click on image to enlarge
May 19, 2010
Scaling up a laugh - session 3
The painting is now beginning to flesh out, as it were.
I had no idea that these were the colors I was going to use, they just emerged as I painted, but they were the colors I wanted.
It is going to stay in the same rough style but probably another two or three sessions needed.
I had no idea that these were the colors I was going to use, they just emerged as I painted, but they were the colors I wanted.
It is going to stay in the same rough style but probably another two or three sessions needed.
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50 x 60 cm
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detail
May 17, 2010
May 12, 2010
Scaling up a Laugh
While finishing the 'Summer Market' painting (see previous post), I started a new painting possibly titled 'Laugh' . It is based on a charcoal drawing which I include below. The foundation (washed out blue-red) layer was done in acrylics, on this I sketched the lines with charcoal pencil and now I have layed down a first layer in alkyd oils (dry in less than 24 hours).
The charcoal reference approx 16 x 14 cm
The painting 60 x 50 cm
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