Gary 9x12 oil/panel
I frequent an artist website called Wetcanvas.com. Check it out if you've not been there - great resource, forums for every conceivable art topic or media, friendly and encouraging folks. In the portraiture forum, each year around this time they do a portrait swap. Folks get randomly paired up,and the partners paint portraits of each other (from photos, of course).
So, this is my portrait swap partner, Gary, a very fine pastel artist. I can't wait to see his rendition of me. I told him to make me look younger. :-) I find working from photos really, really hard, if you are trying to get accurate skin tones, and a likeness too. I hope Gary likes his painting...
6 comments:
This looks wonderful to me! Hope Gary likes it, too. I like your strokes and texture. It will be fun to see yours, too.
Don Gray suggested checking out your blog: he was right, beautiful paintings Deb!
Thanks Jo.. he said he was pleased, and I've done a bit more work since posting this which I think improves it...
Thanks, Rahina - very kind of you to take the time to comment. Don's a really nice guy and such a fine artist....
I too came from Don's blog to yours. Gary's bound to be happy with the wonderful luminosity you created in his portrait.
I also enjoyed reading those random tips (and seeing the puppy)!
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!
I love Don's paintings of Winslow! (well, pretty much anything Don paints, I like!)
A lovely portrait. I especially like the simple effective handling of the shirt.
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