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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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Painting shiny fabrics
I love to paint shiny fabrics! They tend to reflect light in a high contrast way, i.e., the lights are very light in value as compared to the value of the fabric.
If I could, I would get some shiny fabric in all of my portraits because they are such a good design element....really making something of the patterns of light can add a lot to the overall painting.
Another thing I like to do is get different kinds of fabric in the same portrait as they contrast and enhance each other (like silk and velvet). Here is an example of shiny silk, and low contrast cotton fabric in the same painting...
Last edited by Cynthia Daniel; 11-12-2001 at 08:44 PM.
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