selfportrait

6" x 8" oil on panel

I'm on a monochrome stint right now. My goal is to force myself to only paint in monochrome for the next six months. I know that's a long time, but I really want to learn my values and experiment with surface texture and brushwork.

If I achieve my goals sooner than that, I'll move up to exploring various limited palettes.

I'm kicking it off with a self portrait.

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Comment by Flavio Luiz Jabbur Ferreira on November 8, 2010 at 14:36: Paulo, very good work! We can see your eyes beyond the shadows, with deep intensity and power!! Congratulations...Please, continue painting, more and more...
Flavio

Comment by Roena King on September 20, 2010 at 3:49: This style also lends its self for NOTAN studies I should think. When I squint it looked NOTAN. Ro

Comment by Roena King on September 20, 2010 at 3:40: Excellent work. I think you are on a good goal of 6 months of value studies too. I once went to a western art gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma where their was an entire room filled with B&W paintings that either Russell or Remington had painted. Each one was very detailed and took a lot of time. So..........you are just doing your paintings to fill a room when you are showing in some famous museum some day! YES! (smile) //// I too am studying value of color. I am doing Richard's color course and his basic exercises--painting in a 9 or 5 value scale black to white. I am still working on cubes and other shapes to show how light/color changes. I look forward to your next value studies. Ro