Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Portrait of Betsy - Oil



The last painb\ting I did relied on grisaille and multiple layers of glazes. This one started off that way in the face, but evolved into alla prima in the chest and shirt. It looks more alive in these places.

Can you tell it was painted from a photographic reference? It's difficult to guess the colors from a photo. If I work this way agian I'll do some color studies with the model and use black and white photos for the structure.

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