Monday, January 17, 2011

Woman With Cowlick Holding Rose; Woman Holding Rose 2

 Painted this morning, from life.

The top painting is oil on 16"x20" canvas.

The bottom painting is oil and oil pastel on 12"x16" canvas.

It was overcast this morning when I started the top painting.  Just about an hour later, the sun had come out, just in time for the bottom painting.

 Both of these started with underpaintings. The top painting had some light blue and some yellow and burnt sienna acrylic paints rubbed on the canvas first. 

The bottom painting has a canvas that was started in oil pastels a couple of months ago at Rutamaya, so the background that shows represents the walls there, with some oil paint added on top.

What I had on my palette for the top painting was titanium white, ivory black, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red light, and alizarin crimson.  Basically, a version of the limited Zorn palette, which I've been using lately for my paintings.

For the bottom painting, I added a little ultramarine blue to the palette.

The model was actually wearing a simple black knit hooded pull-over.


Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , , ,

20 comments:

  1. ShannaJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Wow!! These are wonderful!

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Wow indeed! You are gone for a couple of days and then return with these? AWESOME!!! The bottom one belongs in a museum... RIGHT NOW!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. helenJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    I like the top one!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anthony DuceJanuary 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    Great colors and expression through the brush strokes in both.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Katherine KeanJanuary 17, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    Ahh, love the rich color!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jean SpitzerJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Thanks, all.

    Anthony, some of those brushstrokes in the smaller painting are finger-painting I did with the cad red light I had on my palette.

    Katherine, I do, too.

    Both of these started with underpaintings. The top painting had some light blue and some yellow and burnt sienna acrylic paints rubbed on the canvas first.

    The bottom painting has a canvas that was started in oil pastels a couple of months ago at Rutamaya, so the background that shows represents the walls there, with some oil paint added on top.

    What I had on my palette for the top painting was titanium white, ivory black, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red light, and alizarin crimson.

    For the bottom painting, I added a little ultramarine blue to the palette.

    ReplyDelete
  7. nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelierJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    this is power pure! I love the second one so much.. so powerfull you are!
    to look at your painting is for me so good, it give me such a energie, thank youuu

    ps: the second one remaind me a little an a portrait of a old women from kirchner, my compliment

    ReplyDelete
  8. Jean SpitzerJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    Thank you, Laura. I'll have to look it up; I don't know it.

    ReplyDelete
  9. UnknownJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    I like the top one, very beautiful colours!

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    The top one looks like a stain glass window. Light seems to come from behind.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Jean SpitzerJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    Thanks, celine and AH.

    I like it a lot in person, too. (At least, at this stage. I'll wait a while to evaluate again.)

    ReplyDelete
  12. PJJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    For some reason the short hair gives this a really sophisticated look and the two views with the different colorations are inspired, Jean.

    ReplyDelete
  13. pasadenapioJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    I love the color of the dress in the top image. I need to find some fabric like that!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Jean SpitzerJanuary 19, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Thanks, Paula and Ann.

    Good luck with the fabric, Ann. The model was actually wearing a simple black knit hooded pull-over.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Denise SCARAMAIJanuary 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    technically
    and poetically
    gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Jean SpitzerJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Thank you, Denise.

    ReplyDelete
  17. caseytoussaintJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    Jean, I am enjoying all your recent work, but am completely in love with the top painting in this post.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Jean SpitzerJanuary 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Thanks, Casey. (By the way, I did some drawing with my left hand this morning. Fun!)

    ReplyDelete
  19. Susan CampisiJanuary 27, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    It's so cool you painted such vibrant colors when the model was wearing black. I really love the top one.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Jean SpitzerJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Thanks, Susan. I see it every morning (because it's drying in the garage) and I'm still loving it.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)