tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post2727432657874521737..comments2024-01-30T23:01:54.645-06:00Comments on Jean's Paintings: ProfileJean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-74470492936360498422013-09-12T06:33:16.412-05:002013-09-12T06:33:16.412-05:00Banjo, it seems like sometimes I need to get comfo...Banjo, it seems like sometimes I need to get comfortable with the subject, before I can be free with it, which is a form of editing, I guess.<br /><br />Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-87051665704576948652013-09-11T19:16:46.819-05:002013-09-11T19:16:46.819-05:00All the time we say the only real writing is rewri...All the time we say the only real writing is rewriting. I guess it's a little true of visual art too? Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-86344540164102327632013-09-11T11:23:28.692-05:002013-09-11T11:23:28.692-05:00I was trying to avoid killing it by overworking it...I was trying to avoid killing it by overworking it. The first profile I did, the one hour one, was definitely overworked.<br /><br />As it is, I think I went a little too far; could have stopped a line or so earlier.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-56013450861876447442013-09-11T10:07:57.654-05:002013-09-11T10:07:57.654-05:00A couple of minutes? Gosh.A couple of minutes? Gosh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-39555377352066037972013-09-10T14:25:26.685-05:002013-09-10T14:25:26.685-05:00I like the strong diagonal, although I think it wo...I like the strong diagonal, although I think it would be just as fine with out.Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-37965917754366436532013-09-10T09:56:06.287-05:002013-09-10T09:56:06.287-05:00Thanks, Katherine and Pierre.
This took a couple ...Thanks, Katherine and Pierre.<br /><br />This took a couple of minutes to do, but it was only after I spent almost an hour on another portrait of the same model. So freedom is relative.<br /><br />I am thinking about getting rid of the strong diagonal that looks like a "no profile" symbol, but part of me like the oddity of it.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-2678881478918269692013-09-10T08:53:47.260-05:002013-09-10T08:53:47.260-05:00I like these last two very much and the way you...I like these last two very much and the way you've left the paper to show lighting. Great job. I still wish I had your freedom of expression.Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137114728827304111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-46236069949846160622013-09-09T14:46:05.572-05:002013-09-09T14:46:05.572-05:00Very nice. Pensive.Very nice. Pensive.Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.com