I just arrived at my dads place in Massachusetts, and my goal is to finish a whole piece while I’m here (two weeks). I had planned to start a large portrait-style painting last week but didn’t get to start it, mostly due to another huge piece i’m caught up in, so I shipped the canvas [...]
So i’m not sure if this painting actually took only 14 days. the last few have been short sessions, and by no means could be considered full days of painting…but there’s no way this painting went that fast, they never do. but then again, it is on the internet as such…so it must be true. [...]
The halo is down and things are looking much more complete…especially with no more blank spots. the figure is so dramatically lit that I decided the halo didn’t need to be another light source, hence the subtle black one. There’s some huge inconsistencies in the sheen of the background, which is typical of oil paint [...]
she has hair. I’ll get some close-ups going soon, but again, i’m running into glare problems…harsh lighting and wet paint. this first pass on the hair took about 2 hours. I worked from dark to light, again leaving extreme darks and highlights until the end. there needs to be a lot more highlight and detail [...]
and onto the arrows and background. because of the angle of the red arrow, I’m doing my best to paint the end very loosely, so (hopefully) I can get it to look a little out of focus…since its so much in the foreground. like the left hand, mushing the edges into the background should help. [...]
onto the hands and that left arm. the last painting I finished was a triptych with 3 pairs of these painted black hands, but I think I found a better color combination this time around. I rarely use black paint to paint dark areas (aside from backgrounds)…these hands were done with burnt umber, raw umber, [...]