Hello everyone,
I have finally been accepted as a member of this forum and I am very thankful about this.
I spent many many hours reading threads here, and I am delighted to see so many good works and such a dedication to making striking portraits.
I have been drawing for years, more or less depending on my occupations, and have begun painting portraits a few years ago. Painting is now my principal activity. I am used to paint rather freely, in not such a traditional way, but since I discovered sog members websites and this forum, I thought it would be interesting to make more traditional works too to enrich my painting experience, and to adapt my work to some commissionners.
Here is one of my last paintings (pastel on Pastel Card, 50 x 65 cm), where I tried to give a more traditional mood to my work. I am a self-taught painter, so some may think there are mistakes in my works as well as weird compositions; this may be explained by the fact that I let inspiration guide me most of the time in the compositions I apply.
Please feel free to comment on my work.
I would like to thank all of you and especially the portrait artists in this forum who do not have much time left to discuss in the threads but who still dedicate some time to teach us a great deal of important lessons. Some people don't always agree with what is said in some threads, but the important thing here is that it seems to me that EVERYBODY here loves arts and is willing to develop their skills. Thanks to all of you.
By the way, I am French, so please forgive me for the mistakes I may make in my English writing
I also hope to discuss with the other European guys here, since there is no such forum in France or Europe that I know of!!
A bient