Siblings

Janel Maples · 06-14-2006, 06:49 PM

Here is my latest. This is my first attempt at three people in one painting.

30 x 40 Oil on Linen

Janel Maples · 06-14-2006, 06:53 PM

Just a quick note:

When this came up on my monitor, it is a little dark and some of the reds in the faces look really red on my display. They are not like that in the painting when viewed in person.

Kimberly Dow · 06-15-2006, 12:42 AM

Janel, way to go with a pleasing composition. Three can be tricky - I think it looks great. There is a definite family resemblance!

Alexandra Tyng · 06-15-2006, 02:42 PM

Janel, what a challenging composition, and you have pulled it off nicely. As Kim says, you really can see the family resemblence! Can you tell us more about the design process that led you to this particular arrangement? And I am curious, are the brothers twins? Older and younger? Did they have problems with which one should be sitting or standing? Just curious because these issues are so much a part of my thought process when I'm thinking of a composition.

Janel Maples · 06-15-2006, 03:27 PM

Thank you Kim and Alexandra.

The brothers are not twins. The one in the back is the oldest but not by much. Their sister is the youngest.

I moved them (and the light source) from my original plan so they really didn't have a say in who stood or sat. And, they didn't have a problem with it either. The sister and her oldest brother are very, very tall so I had to juggle their placement. The seated brother showed up with a tan (golf pro from South Carolina) and the other two were white snow birds. The photo was taken on Dec. 23 on their way from the airport to a family Christmas function (this is a surprise for their mother) so putting the tan brother
closest to the light source evened out their skin color a little better. They were extremely patient with me while I worked them around and tried different compositions. This one was by far my favorite. It just looked......comfortable and right. I'm pleased you like it.

I tried to change my photo in my first post but the color and the contrast still looks off to me on my monitor.

Terri Ficenec · 06-16-2006, 03:00 PM

Hi Janel!
--'course I'm not looking at the original, but the color/contrast etc. looks good on my monitor. (That is to say the fleshtones read well

)

You didn't say how big this is? Anyhow, Nicely done! You've captured a notable family resemblance and a sense of unique personality for each. The sister looks like a live wire! I'm sure the Mom will be (was?) thrilled. Congrats!