Emma in Purple

Jean Kelly · 01-07-2005, 03:09 PM

This painting continues to grow on me, it looks different each time I view it. Thank you for posting it.

Jean

Michele Rushworth · 01-08-2005, 09:52 AM

Really lovely and creative, Linda! I particularly like the very warm rim of light coming into the shadow side of her face on the right. I'm thinking a lot about lighting these days. How did you create that effect?

I also like the idea of posing the subject in front of one of her family's other paintings. I might steal that idea for something I'm doing in the fall.

And I love the color scheme, and the hair wreath. Bravo!

Linda Brandon · 01-08-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth

Really lovely and creative, Linda! I particularly like the very warm rim of light coming into the shadow side of her face on the right. I'm thinking a lot about lighting these days. How did you create that effect?

I also like the idea of posing the subject in front of one of her family's other paintings. I might steal that idea for something I'm doing in the fall.

And I love the color scheme, and the hair wreath. Bravo!

The rim lighting was an accident. The photo shoot setup was a high-placed artifical cool "north light" bulb and there was incidental incandescent coming in from the right. I decided to pump up the warmth in the shadow side to offset all the coolness in the background and the cool lit side.

I stole this idea of putting the subject in front of another painting from somebody else, of course, so go right ahead!

I can't remember who, though. Sargent painted Isabella Stuart Gardner in front of that tapestry but it wasn't a huge success, was it. (And didn't Isabella's husband say of it, "It looks like hell, but it looks like you." ?)

Garth Herrick · 01-08-2005, 03:53 PM

Dear Linda,

This is beautiful. You have really nice color and compositional harmonies happening. I keep coming back for another look. Emma doesn't seem to mind me staring back at her!

Garth

Michele Rushworth · 01-08-2005, 06:07 PM

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...if you make the creative process better you make your product better

What an interesting comment, Linda. Makes me want to run out and buy new brushes, at the very least!

Jimmie Arroyo · 01-09-2005, 02:38 PM

Linda,

I missed this when first introduced. Beautiful. I recently took pictures of a girl wearing purple. I was a bit nervous about it, but I told her to wear whatever she wanted. You proved it works. BTW, if you had said this was you at 17, I'd believe it.

Terri Ficenec · 01-09-2005, 03:04 PM

I have to second Jim's opinion there, Linda. She sure looks a lot like you! (at least based on your little avatar)

Linda Brandon · 01-10-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmie Arroyo

BTW, if you had said this was you at 17, I'd believe it.

Gosh, I was never this cute. Anyway, this girl is around twelve or thirteen, and this is approximately what I looked like at her age:
(Thanks again, everybody, for the nice comments on the painting!)