WIP: Portrait in Oil

I started the top and it's interesting what I can see needs to be changed/refined when I post the image up on the blog. Another method artists employ to get an objective view of what they are working on is to look at a reflection of the work in a mirror. It is amazing how you can spot some of the flaws in a painting in the reflection and completely miss it when looking at it directly. I erased the chair because it was a bit wonky and bothering me, so will have to redo.


Ask me a questionI will choose which one to answer in the next post.

David at the Bird Proofer wondered if I used a photo as a guide. The answer is yes, there is something about the stiffness of the image that comes from using a photo reference which greatly appeals to me. It wasn't until I really sat down and thought about it that I realized I was melding several genres that I love, early folk art/portraiture, black and white photography and studio drawing studies. The early american

painting is by Ammi Phillips, a folk artist from the 1800's, the photograph by Dorothea Lange and the sketch study by Pierre Paul Prud'hon.

I got a really cool award from Jean at Jean at Snap out of it Jean .
I am going to print it out and put it in my sketchbook.
thank you

I was sent this interesting link by a local filmmaker, Jo Caputo, in Yellow Springs.
Would you wear one of this suits?

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