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10-27-2008, 04:35 PM
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Claudemir,
Thanks for your kind comment. Good question about the knee! I assume you are asking why I didn't paint it "bare"?Firstly, I decided to have more space between his head and the top of the canvas, which meant making adjustments to the bottom, leaving so little of his leg showing that I thought that a small flesh coloured patch wouldn't make sense. Secondly, even if I had more space, I probably would have still made the knee clothed to make it more "formal". Does that make sense?
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10-27-2008, 06:42 PM
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It makes a lot of sense to me now, I just didn't realize there was a clothed knee there. 
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10-27-2008, 08:26 PM
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OK, I see now, the image on my computer screen is darker than the actual painting. (I have a hard time adjusting photos of my paintings in Photoshop). In the actual painting the knee is much lighter, indicating some sort of fabric. I know it would have looked better with more of the arm and leg showing, Oh, well, next time!
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10-27-2008, 09:30 PM
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Very nice painting and excellent likeness, Bob.
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10-28-2008, 01:37 AM
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Thanks, Thomasin, I appreciate your comments.
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10-28-2008, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob Botha
OK, I see now, the image on my computer screen is darker than the actual painting. (I have a hard time adjusting photos of my paintings in Photoshop). In the actual painting the knee is much lighter, indicating some sort of fabric. I know it would have looked better with more of the arm and leg showing, Oh, well, next time!
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I got your point, that's what I was thinking about.
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10-28-2008, 09:01 AM
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Bob, I like the pose. It's different in a way that seems to directly relate to the subject, your son. Great likeness, too.
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10-28-2008, 12:15 PM
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Alexandra, thank you so much for your kind words, I need all the encouragement I can get! I must agree that the likeness in this painting is pretty close. This is due, I'm sure, to the fact that I did a lot of measuring with a pair of proportional dividers, a method which I find works better for me than any of the other methods of copying a photo. Also, knowing one's subject well can't hurt, either!
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10-28-2008, 12:42 PM
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Nice likeness. I am also a high chroma painter. The chroma you used here gives an intensity to the portrait that is quite interesting. Does your son have a strong personality? If so the chroma gives a hint of that.
Will this be a gift to your son?
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