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Deladier Almeida

11-13-2002 08:27 PM

Karate!

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This is a 16" x 20" oil on canvas board study in preparation for a 34" x 16" painting. I felt a study would be valuable in resolving the different passages and their treatments. This allows me to be a little more daring before the real thing starts.

Deladier Almeida

11-13-2002 08:31 PM

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This is the composition photo.

Steven Sweeney

11-13-2002 09:01 PM

Your biggest challenge here will be to sublimate the gi and make the boy the subject. If you squint at the photo, the gi is everything, in lights and darks, and the boy's head disappears against the background. You won't have a successful portrait if you take that lead. Consider cropping this just below the boy's hands, and figure out how to enhance the boy's head and facial features. Certainly eliminate the horizontal lines across the piece behind him.

Deladier Almeida

11-13-2002 09:07 PM

A very good point indeed. I am counting on the content of his expression to get around that. It is a gamble.

Deladier Almeida

11-14-2002 12:29 AM

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3 hours into it...

Deladier Almeida

11-14-2002 04:43 PM

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...update.

Deladier Almeida

11-14-2002 08:13 PM

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...8 hours into it.

Deladier Almeida

11-14-2002 08:19 PM

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...

Jeanine Jackson

11-17-2002 11:27 AM

Wonderful painting! I love the energy you maintain with careful forethought.

To aid in bringing more attention to the face, I would go even lighter in the background so that the greatest contrast is at his hair (on left side of canvas). Some of the clothing could then have lost edges to the background in the area of his right shoulder. The shadow side is delicious already!

I agree that his expression will hold the viewer!

Deladier Almeida

11-18-2002 10:24 PM

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...13 hours.

Deladier Almeida

11-18-2002 10:26 PM

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...close-up at 13 hours. I apologize for the glare. It is impossible for me to get rid of it when shooting close-up.

Jeanine Jackson

11-19-2002 09:35 AM

Terrific progress! I'd say you are close to finishing. He is wonderful!

Jean Kelly

11-19-2002 03:28 PM

Determination

Deladier, this painting made me smile. I saw the same fierce expression on my own son when he was taking karate. Thank you for helping me remember it!

Jean Kelly

Deladier Almeida

11-20-2002 03:55 PM

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...and here's the finished study. It took me 22 hrs. to complete.

Deladier Almeida

11-20-2002 03:56 PM

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Close up. It just occurred to me that the green coloration of this picture happened because I decided to shoot it with natural light instead of the overhead fluorescent that was giving me glare. I forgot to re-calibrate the white balance in my camera.

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