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Alicia Kornick · 06-30-2002, 08:42 PM

Thanks, Marvin.

Being rather new to portrait painting, it helps to know the great masters' color choices. I am well aware that just knowing their palette doesn't make the magic happen when you dip your brush into it.

Bouguereau was absolutely gifted and I never fail to marvel at his skin tones. His skin tones, even in art book reproductions, are so warm and luminous. We have one of his paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and to stand there up close and gaze upon it is a wonderful thing indeed.

Thanks for the information on Parkhurst.

06-30-2002, 08:42 PM	#6
Alicia Kornick Juried Member Joined: May 2002 Location: Hammond, LA Posts: 265	Thanks, Marvin. Being rather new to portrait painting, it helps to know the great masters' color choices. I am well aware that just knowing their palette doesn't make the magic happen when you dip your brush into it. Bouguereau was absolutely gifted and I never fail to marvel at his skin tones. His skin tones, even in art book reproductions, are so warm and luminous. We have one of his paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and to stand there up close and gaze upon it is a wonderful thing indeed. Thanks for the information on Parkhurst. __________________ Alicia Kornick [email protected]