Katie Painting

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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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 3, 2013 at 1:59: Thanks Pauline. Stu

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on October 2, 2013 at 20:46: This is super Stu. I love the highlights on her face and arm. Its a very captivating painting with lots of interesting details her brushes etc and the bit of writing on the back of her pad its great! a lovely composition. Well done you

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 2, 2013 at 16:10: Thanks Michael. Stu

Comment by Michael Chomse on October 2, 2013 at 7:44: Nice one, Stu. Well done.

Comment by Jessica Futerman on October 1, 2013 at 17:50: Lovely painting; interesting scene!

Comment by Manneherrin on October 1, 2013 at 17:26: good work.. i would just revisit the shadowed areas and make sure that the shadows aren't blocky by lightening the shadows with the exception of the terminator lines...also,inside the highlighst put yet another touch of highlight.. these will give a more 3 d effect.. Not that I am all that great but these things I have noticed to make it more 3 d..

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on October 1, 2013 at 16:40: Thank you all for the compliments on the light and shadow rendering. Michael, thanks for all the help, and I did pop some more color into the hat, as well as other areas. Ann, I see what you mean about her nose; indeed it doesn't look like that. Since I will be giving her the painting, I had better fix that first! Ann, I have 3 friends on this site that I have met in person; I have painted outdoors with two of them and you are next! We'll have to figure out how to do that now that you are painting outdoors. Stu

Comment by Michael J. Severin on October 1, 2013 at 16:24: Stu, very nice improvements!!! .....I see you put more color into the dress and also the light and shadows of the ground. I like the dappled light on the arm and the cool reflected light. The rim light relates much better to the shadowed head. Great job Stu!! I don't know if this photo is better then the other, but the hat seems to have a lot more color also?? ..very nice.

Comment by Ann Turner on October 1, 2013 at 16:17: I m studying the way that you have created the light and shadow on her skin. It is very believable,the face in shadow is great with color in the shadow but I confused by her nose, the shape doesn't seem quiet right. Beautifully done and brave of you to paint a friend :D

Comment by Silvana M Albano on October 1, 2013 at 7:48: Great Stu! I like the painting. It must be quite difficult getting that light shadow effect right!!!!! I am also wondering that I should buy some gloves when painting.... thought about it many times but I have never done it.....