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Hi, Patt!
I do notice a teensy whiff of green in the greyed-down areas in the face (on this post). Happily, I have the original painting, and I see that the greenish cast that's on the .jpg file is more pronounced than on the painting or the c-print; I often put a bit of yellow (cadmium, naples or sienna or ochre) to warm the grey up a bit. In the background, I glazed a bit of a darker value of the green turtleneck top onto the background, which was predominantly burnt sienna. I didn't want the green top to stick out and compete with the heads.
I usually tone my canvases with a thin wash of raw umber (7th value), just to remove the glare of the white. Occasionally I try a yellow ochre wash on the canvas. After that, I tend to paint in a color underpainting which is lighter than what the lay-in and subsequent layers turn out to be. In some parts of the painting, I let the underpainting show through (as in the reflected lights under the chin, etc.).
I was able to look at my website on a number of friends' computers, and I had additional friends critique my website. There is a lot of variation between video cards, monitors and platforms and browsers. In one version of my website, I used a solid forest green background which varied from totally black to pool-table green on all the computers I got to test it out on. One could spend a lot of time twiddling with a web page. I sure did!
Hi Alicia!
In answer to your questions, the painting is 24" X 32" and the sitters are not my parents: Fran S. has been a class-mate of mine in John Murray and Marvin Mattelson's classes for quite a number of years, and just today we enjoyed a lovely brunch! She's done a nice portrait of me that's hanging in her apartment.
Thanks to all for your encouragement; this Forum has been engaging, helpful and inspiring. Best to you all!
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