self portrait

I did this in oils on un primed illustration board- I wasn't sure how it would go, but as soon as i saw how absorbent it was and what this did to my brushstrokes, I decided to adopt a different process. This is the result of that.

random self portrait

                                            about 3"x5"

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I'll be periodically posting my work to get some healthy exposure.

Plus it's just a great way to have an image feed of things you enjoy- like great art.

And, my finished self-portrait:

oh, Dan...Thompson!

Dan Thompson! I've been looking at a lot of this master colorist's work lately; it's the perfect blend of drawing, color, and paint application (in my opinion). Check out his stuff: http://danthompsonart.com/

Between looking at Nelson Shanks, Dan Thompson, and my teacher, Vilas Tonape (a master in his own right), I'm getting very interested in color and its many applications in portrait painting (or in any kind of painting). So in this painting below I'm really trying to see as many colors as I can and touch upon them, though there are still many I haven't yet visited. This lighting set-up was ideal for catching those warms, cools, and the interesting colors in-between.

warm v. cool

This is probably the most fun I've had on my self portraits so far; I forced myself to mix quickly and really lay it down fast, in chunks, blocking out the planes as I saw them, instead of noodling the paint around. Most exciting part was putting down that first swipe of cad red, its fluorescent! Haha.

Getting the tones between the warm light and the cool light was tough, keeping them hueful and un-muddied was an interesting battle. Its amazing how many colors you can find when you look hard enough; there were many subtle hues that I did not put down.

More work to be done, update either later tonight or tomorrow.

ambition

can i make a decent painting of myself with a warm light source from underneath and a cool light source from above? who cares im gonna try

another

another self portrait update

lol lots of myself these past few updates, heres the full process so far:

studying color

This began as just a color study of a nose, but as I had fun with it it just got bigger. Since I didnt begin with a whole head and proper proportion, stuff is out of place. But I don't care, since its all about color. lol.

I'm beginning doing color with my teacher, Vilas Tonape, and I've known few who can handle color like he can. 

This was never meant to be a full head so I dont know if I will make it one, but anyways

summer studying

Haven't made a post in a while- I'm currently taking a figure painting class with my old instructor Vilas Tonape: www.vilastonape.com

He's a real stickler for foundations, the most important aspects of an artist's training; he's an excellent teacher. Unlike other teachers who cannot perform what they teach, every class he stands alongside us and paints; he is demoing constantly.

Anyways, these are all mainly academic works; hoping to get back to some other kinds of painting soon!

self- portrait proceesss

im going to disney tomorrow and have to get up early so i cant go any further on this tonight, but i thought, hey, this could be good cause i could get some process shots up of it

so far its just an OMS wash of burnt umber, burtn sienna and pthalo blue, and straight burnt umber for the drawing

drawing with a brush is so fun...

my setup, and the piece

heres something fun to do while looking at something otherwise boring: find the fechin!

does this make my face look fat? maybe a little bit, cant tell honestly

goodnight

Work

Laptop's about to die, here's some stuff!

Self Portrait - The Sneeze

Sargent study in watercolor (original in oil)

Master study of Russian academic portrait

Experimental self portrait; at the time I was looking at Sophie Jodoin and Ruprecht Von Kaufmann for inspiration.