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04-04-2004, 01:17 PM
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I am the master of bad photo references
Eureka, she's got it! Thanks Mike, I think you've nailed the problem I've been trying to solve. It just never looked right, like he wasn't really in the sun or in the foreground. Changing the palette felt better but still didn't solve the major problem. Steve will be back with ambient light, and this will be my last attempt at jerryrigging references.
Jean
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04-08-2004, 10:02 PM
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Scumbling along
Well, here he is with some major revisions. Jeans, shirt, foreground, skin, there is some glare on the left from wet paint. He's finally starting to look like he's in the sun.
Thanks Mike!
Jean
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04-30-2004, 02:25 PM
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Steve gets a face lift
I had Noah's portrait out next to Steve's and came down to the studio/dining room Wed morning realized how much I hated this protrait of Steve. I attacked the canvas, determined to start having fun instead of pulling my hair out. This was not a portrait of Steve but was a man with a landscape and I didn't really know what to look at.
This is what I came up with. I'll be putting the real shadows back in (have started already), adding the smoke wafting up will complete the painting and now I'm having fun!
Jean
ps--- There is glare on the photo due to wet dark paint, I'll have a better photo later as it dries.
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04-30-2004, 04:23 PM
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I like this a lot better.
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05-01-2004, 01:36 AM
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Jean - I am amazed at your persistance to get just what you want! I grow bored with paintings and 'settle' at times so I can get on to the next one. If I re-work paintings too much I seem to ruin them.
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"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn
"If you obey all the rules, you'll miss all the fun." - Katherine Hepburn
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05-01-2004, 02:11 AM
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I like it Jean. Focusing in on just him is where the "fun" is....I can tell. Really like the dark, loose background.
Here's my 2
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05-01-2004, 01:11 PM
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Hi all,
Geary, that's where I'm going with this, you nailed it! What is the "Canvas" program, is it Mac compatable? I'll look around for it.
Kim, it's just paint. When I'm bored with a painting, it means that I need to leave it alone for a while. Sometimes I wake up in the morning, just knowing what I need to do and then attack. "Steve" didn't work, it was boring and he is not a boring person. I tried to give him a gift of serenity, if he wants I'll paint him a landscape. 
Thanks Michele, your stamp of approval means a lot to me.
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