Saturday, May 16, 2009

Adding glazes and modifying Lorena 20"x24"




The portrait of Lorena finally got dry enough for me to try applying some glazes. I used M Graham's non-toxic walnut alkyd medium for oils, mixed with small amounts of paint.







Note: The top photo is of the eyes after I read pasadenaadjacent's comment and re-painted; the lower is of the askew eyes pasadenaadjacent commented upon. The last photo is of the whole portrait, as it now looks.

10 comments:

  1. the eyes are looking at different points. A little off kilter and I like it

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  2. Thanks for the reality check. No matter how appealing, in this particular case, I'm going to straighten out the eyes and make them closer to a realistic depiction.

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  3. Oh, this is so good, she looks serene. I'm going to find the Cezanne the lower one reminds me of -- it was a landscape, actually.

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  4. Thank you, AH. I'll be interested to see the Cezanne.

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  5. This isn't quite it, but close

    http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Paul-Cezanne/Bibemus-Quarry.html

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  6. It's pretty close. Much of the same feeling and composition.

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  7. muy buena obra , lastima no entiendo el idioma

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  8. I know. I have the same problem with your website; the idiom escapes me. But the paintings are terrific.

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  9. So Lively Paintings !!Eyes Are Like Watching Me !! Amazing

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  10. Thank you, UR. I went to your blog; the photos are fascinating.

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