Oil on canvas panel 11" by 14" -- The artist at work is Katie Horacek. I snapped a photo of the scene that I had been painting and caught her hard at work painting. It was just before Noon and we had both been painting in the shade of some large trees on a day that reached over 100 degrees that afternoon. Katie is a new member on this site; please welcome her. I had help with this painting from Katie, who encoraged me to make it more dramatc with a lot of contrast and from Michael Severin who gave me some excellent advice.
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Love this.Its so atmospheric.Love the dappled light on her arms
So well done! I can feel the hairs of the brushes and pick them up.
Jenrawar, I know that that left eye and bidge of the nose look weird, but there was very little light on her upper face because of the broad brim of the hat and she had on a pain of glasses that gave some strange diffraction of the light. I am actually giving her the painting in a couple of days, and if she is bothered by it, I will fix it, since I want to remain good friends with her. We go out painting outdoors with a small group of artists weekly. John Singer Sargent painted many of his friends and one of his quotes is: "Everytime I paint a portrait, I lose another friend." Thanks for you comments and if I change the painting, I will repost it with what I did to improve it. Stu
Very realistic Stu , in case of the box easel nearly photo and the mood you caught perfectly.. I'm not sure about the features though, I might be looking for a bit of (reflected) highlight on the nose.
Very nice painting Stu........Smiles : ))
I just saw your invite to plein air paint together. We will have to plan a trip but not yet, I'm just trying to figure it out and am not so sure about the whole process yet. I'll practice and get my act together then we can try. I also read somewhere that you are thinking about the Plein air Convention this April, I would encourage you to go ! It is inspiring and lots of fun !
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