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Started glazing
Here I am again, I started glazing a couple of days ago, even if I didn't solve the trousers problem yet.
The skin of the boy looks dramatically pale, and despite my initial reference was Bronzino, here posted, I will have to do something about it.
Another problem is that the boy is so beautiful he looks very feminine, again not different from a Bronzino's painting but maybe not right in this case.
What I intend to do next, is concentrating on trying to get the shadow to render the roundness, as I find the face rather flat. I think that this technique can enhance the perfection in a face, the geometry, the purity of the egg shape, and it might require that I sacrifice some of the likeness to achieve this.
Scott, yes, do you think I will end up with a lot of browns?. Maybe my darks in the underpainting were not dark enough. What colours can I use in the shadows? And then the hair: i normally don't paint them 'one by one', but I am afraid this time I might have to. I have problems as I normally do them in a very loose way and the tips look very rigid. Any suggestion?
I think I will keep the green background (Bronzino again), the cushion will be venetian red,the sofa a little more ochre, the trousers dark khaki maybe.
Ilaria
PS Incidentally, thank you for suggesting that I use permanent rose W&N: what a fantastic colour that is. I had it in my open studio class and my teacher showed me how to mix it, it's fantastic and it immediately found his place in my palette! When I asked him why nobody at school ever mentioned it he answered: painters don't always like to reveal everything...
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