Last of three
 

Hi everyone,

This is my daughter Camilla. The painting is the last one of the three started this summer.

It is painted on a heavy Russian canvas with a lovely structure, but unfortunately difficult to photo without glare. So I added some details ;)

Allan

Allan,

This is, I think your best so far, beautiful saturated color and exquisite lighting. I applaud your bold use of a rougher canvas, something I am considering myself. Titian as he got older used increasingly more textured canvasses.

Allan, try these suggestions for getting a better photograph of your painting.

Use a polarizing filter, if you are not using one now. Put balck velvet to the bottom of the painting to reduce glare. Also, try reducing the glare with side panels of black velvet as well. That is a little trickier as you want to ensure having enough light to shoot.

Could I borrow your daughter?

Thank you Sharon,

Your opinion means much to me.

I take my shots outside in the sun. I place the picture just outside the shadow of the house so that I don

I agree with Sharon, by far your best. The cohesiveness of the modeling is much stronger than any I've see so far. Well done..

On a side note, if you buy a polarizing filter, make sure it has a circular pattern.

Ditto Ditto Ditto on everything said so far

Totally Excellent

Hi Allan,

I just have to join in and say how wonderful this painting is. It's very "Anders Zorn" in lighting and mood, and beautifully painted. I especially like how you've let the canvas help to create those blonde highlights.

Allan,

You really cannot shoot a painting, especially a coarse grained one without a polarizing lens as far as I know. I had mine originally shot by a professional with the new Nikon-Kodak 14000 pixel camera, no polarizer, result lots of grain and glare, great color. He thought it would work. Make sure your new Nikon takes a polarizer.

I re-shot my billboard (55"x 70") of a painting in my studio, facing large picture windows. Shooting outside in the shade would be the same. I tilted my painting down a bit as well. But what made the difference, besides the polarizing lens was the black velvet reducing any bounced light.

You can get bounce off cement, grass or even shiny asphalt.
My light beige studio rug was bouncing back glare.

Remind me of Robert Bruce Williams, a Norway origin, one of top popular names.

Come here and let Cynthia be your rep, see how many gold you can dig, maybe more than those on Camilla's hair.

Thank you all for the approval. I

Hi Allan,

This is wonderful, she has such a strong presence. I love the lighting. Your daughter is a lucky woman.

Holly

Great!
 

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Very nice the way you handled a straightforward, simple pose...your portrait looks fresh and fluid. Fantastic background, adds an elegant/formal touch to the whole concept of youth, two things that are not usually known to hang out together. Congratulations!

What was the fabric of the Russian cloth? I once used jute for a support and was very happy with the result although the preparation was laborious -- several layers of rabbit skin glue and don't remember how many layers of oil modified primer. The canvas weighed about 47 kilograms after that (without the stretcher).

I will toast to your painting.

Carlos

Thank you all for your comments.

Holly,
I enjoy your pictures too. You are not afraid to loose foothold in the attempt to achieve something better.

Bonfim,
how are you doing? Are you going to show us something soon?
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Hi Allan,

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Allan,

I just realized I hadn't posted here to tell you how much I liked this.

Are you now going to be looking for a new model? I bet your daughter is thrilled with the portraits!

Bonfim,
Why don

Allan,

Had to look at Titian's canvases first before answering you. The Danae that I copied looked like he used a linen with the conventional weave but very heavy/thick individual threads. He also used very fine compact weave linen for his portraits (aside from wood).
Your choice of cloth for your daughter's portrait seems to have worked well and I will try your advice on the spatula thing...makes me think of why it didn't occur to me earlier.

Carlos

Allen, very nice work. I really like the modeling of the face and hands. Congrats.

Hi Jimmie,

You

Master!? Shoot, I couldn't paint if my life depended on it. ;C

Thanks anyway.

Jimmie,
I know that you can. You are good at drawing and good drawing is dealing with the basics of painting - shape, edge and value.

You only need to get used to that your drawing disappear when you paint over it. You always start all over.

Allan