Emma in Purple

Sharon Knettell · 01-06-2005, 04:50 PM

Linda,

I feel a wave of DEEP resentment creeping over my erstwhile calm and saintly persona.

You get to paint a beautiful model AND a beautiful painting AND get paid for it.

After over a month of searching for a model, pay at now $15 per, 12-20 hours a week, flexible days, I WAS ready to call Club Balloons for a 'dancer', until I read they make $700 a night seducing a pole.

Really imaginative and gorgeous, Linda. The parents should be really overjoyed.

Linda Brandon · 01-07-2005, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell

You get to paint a beautiful model AND a beautiful painting AND get paid for it.

Dang! Sorry to have been misleading, Sharon, this was done as a gift. I do tend to push for offbeat ideas, though. And thanks, Denise and Beth.

Kimberly Dow · 01-07-2005, 01:26 AM

Linda,

I dont want to go off-topic in your Unveiling here - so move this somewhere ok? I just want to make sure you see this -

Can you tell me what if any the difference is between the realgesso panels and ABS for painting on? Because of all the hoopla I think I need to stop using the ABS, but I love the surface so much! I have 2 realgesso panels and just havent used them yet. Also - Ive had problems with glare with the ABS and was hoping the panels were better.

Thanks!
Kim

Sharon Knettell · 01-07-2005, 09:15 AM

It still did not cost you model money AND it is still beautiful!

Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco · 01-07-2005, 11:19 AM

A wonderful piece, Linda, just perfect.
I think the outfit gives autonomy to the painting, so it is a picture as well as a portrait!
All the best
Ilaria

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, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kimberly Dow

Can you tell me what if any the difference is between the realgesso panels and ABS for painting on?

I had to really think about this question. (I use Maroger which tends to make the surface shiny whatever ground I use.) The difference is a bit like the difference between good fake pearls and real pearls. They look the same but there is a very subtle difference in touch. When I put my hand on an ABS panel there is a subtle tactile difference, in temperature and ....hmm... can I say "responsiveness"? The gessoed board feels like a refridgerated hardboiled egg. The ABS feels like my computer mouse. I preferred the feel of the gessoed surface, but now that I think of it, I also really like hardboiled eggs.

Okay, you ask, does this make any difference? Well, one of the things I brood about when I paint (other than the usual "Why is there pain and suffering in the world?" and "Will an asteroid hit our planet?") is "To what extent does the process affect the final product?" One of my theories is that if you make the creative process better you make your product better. In other words, whatever helps you to immerse yourself in the creative process will keep you working more and will (hopefully) result in better technique and a better painting.

I think it's also a good idea to try out a new surface on a painting that's not an "important commission". I don't always follow this advice myself, though.