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Face to Face With Destiny [8/5 update] john-portrait
Greatnation
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Moved into a new studio, started some new projects, trying to keep up with old ones. Gunna consolidate my doodle thread stuff into this thread. All oil, without reference. Except for that drawing, which did use a couple of refs, and is not oil.
Projects started this morning
Looking for general feedback. I'm trying alot of different methods and styles with oil, and I can't really figure out what i'm good at yet- or what kind of approach i like enough to really go at it. It's strange, I can't really figure out what kind of paintings I want to make.
I'm thinking about trying to start getting models in the studio, to break out of my portrait and bodytype habits. I'm not sure of how best to use that time though, my only experience with the figure from life is the standard 3 hour session- short to long poses. I'd like to have some kind of gameplan though, if I was going to get someone in for a one on one.
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Projects started this morning
Looking for general feedback. I'm trying alot of different methods and styles with oil, and I can't really figure out what i'm good at yet- or what kind of approach i like enough to really go at it. It's strange, I can't really figure out what kind of paintings I want to make.
I'm thinking about trying to start getting models in the studio, to break out of my portrait and bodytype habits. I'm not sure of how best to use that time though, my only experience with the figure from life is the standard 3 hour session- short to long poses. I'd like to have some kind of gameplan though, if I was going to get someone in for a one on one.
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anyway i think what you're doing is the best approach to oils. I know when i started, i was encouraged by my tutor at uni to approach it with a very 'wet' method, where i used loads of turps and linseed oil, but now i find myself using a very dry approach, because i feel i have more control of adding smaller details, and colour mixing is much easier.
Personally, i feel these two are the most successful.
and this one because the style is very interesting.
If you havnt seen his work, check out Ashley Woods stuff. Hes and illustrator from Perth and his stuff is badass and inspiring. he uses a real dirty approach, but his colours are excellent.
Keep at it.
Up until now, my paintings are all just glorified doodles- hence the no reference. I don't start with a plan or image in mind, I just doodle around for a while until something clicks. Each surface usually has several completely different images on it before I land on one that I feel like developing, very much like how a lot of people doodle in a sketchbook. I suppose I could create reference material, or find something to match whatever it is I end up with.
Thanks for the tip on Ashley Wood, I know his work very well. You can see the Sparrow box set on my table there; lol those things are too expensive.
I love everything about this one and, if I had monies, I'd buy it right here on the spot for whatever you asked for it.
Thanks Nappuccino, thats quite a compliment.
Got started on the Degas piece. Working big, 48x48.
warming up
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ramping up for the show tomorrow night, I like this portrait now, im sure ill ruin in the next move or so.
Designed the postcards for it as well
these were printed on 4x6 cardstock
and that drawing- im actually feeling pretty good about not fucking it up after all
Thanks worstcase, now lets talk money.
the dark spot above the old man looks like the back of someone's hair and there's a few "lines" that look like shoulders
what I'm trying to say is I see a ghost with its back to the viewer looking towards the old man
It looks like she has him in a headlock too.
Nearing a finish on this. Its for a group show in June at the Distillery Gallery.
Got some more exciting news coming for fall as well, going to be in a small group show in salt lake city and im going to start teaching at Artists for Humanities in South Boston.
Finished my other piece for the show next weekend, it's bigger (24"x48"). Oil on board.
detail of the head
also added some finishing touches to this
i think im now pushing in the direction of paintings i actually want to make. I plan on working more on the larger peice, but its going to hang as is for now. I did use a model for the larger one by way of some preliminary sketches, which feels really good to me- it helps me get out of the same figure and portrait types that i do over and over.
I'm not sure how I feel about the lack of definition in the face, though.
All very short, 3-8 minutes or so.
This, as seen in the doodle thread-
And....
So for the past 6 months or so I've been working on organizing an art school for highschool kids here in Somerville MA. Been working with tons and tons of folks, getting the support in line- all the networking logistics and such. We are just now taking things public with it- I'm expecting to open doors in December. But, there's some content on that too, our the website went up recently (still trying to tweak some stuff on it, I'm beginning to hate the wordpress theme i went with....). Its not public public, but I'm starting to show people for feedback- like it's still not on search engines.
www.chorusatelier.com
And, I put together a little video from a fund raising event we had in May. I dont seem to be able to imbed here with vimeo, but here's the link.
get some
I'm assuming you're not too into focusing on backgrounds, because I make the same sorts of compositions as you do. Maybe you should experiment with an illustration where the figure is too blurry to be recognized.
dropping a rough on a zombie for the boardgame, same as the military dude above.
theadsurrection, with my mug.
this is about 24" wide, oil on wood. Still can't take a decent photo of a painting, im using a nikon d40- the colors are always just slightly off.
Also these were in the doodle thread, but I will nestle them here as well.
i think i might get him back in the studio for another sitting, but I may just leave it as is. Its going to be on exhibit at the BU Hillel gallery for the month of december, possibly with the self-portrait.
The face is killing it though...it suffers from some similar problems as your self portrait. The main thing it needs, in my opinion, is a full value range. You have some very dark darks going on in the clothes in both paintings but when you get to the face, it doesn't have as much weight or visual presence. I'd say to push the shadows darker in the eye sockets and under the nose mainly but there is a need for an all over value shift.
I also think that you could develop both faces a lot more, they are very flat. Your brush strokes don't do much to define the planes and forms but instead look messy.
I really like your work though and I think it's really great that you're starting up a school!
edit: (quick and dirty paint-over)