Self-portrait

Marina Dieul · 05-23-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexandra Tyng

My feeling is that you should move on to the next painting now, to avoid overworking this. Making quicker oil studies would be an excellent exercise.

Alex

Alex
Great! That's exactly what I was thinking!
I still have lot of things to learn, but I especially need some practice. So, if everybody agrees, I'm planning a few more self-portraits ( Mme Vig

Mischa Milosevic · 05-24-2006, 03:07 AM

Hi Marina, dead color is the color that you see when you squint while looking at your face, in shadow or in light.

Wish you the best,
mischa

Marina Dieul · 12-12-2006, 11:31 AM

Hi,
after working from life all spring and summer, I thought that I could push this painting a little further. I didn't really like some of the skin tone and some other details. So I reworked it, and then it was selected as a finalist of the Portrait Society of Canada !
http://www.portraitsociety.ca/index.html

So for the first time of my life, I had a real contact with portrait artists, and it was very nice to see that they are not virtual !!! I saw my first life demonstrations, and it was completely fascinating. I'm very impatient to go back to work...

So, here is the update photo of my self-portrait, and this is it, framed, at the gala.

Mary Jane Ansell · 12-12-2006, 11:43 AM

Marina that's such wonderful news!!

So pleased for you - and how fabulous to have seen the portraits development on this thread. A most deserved honorable mention too - congratulations! I hope it leads on to many new and exciting opportunities for you.

All the best
MJ

Marina Dieul · 12-13-2006, 10:58 AM

Mary Jane, Linda ,Alex ,Ilaria : thank you very much !
Yes I was very excited, and very intimidated too at the beginning, I was feeling like a baby in comparison with some much more experienced portrait artists... But what a nice way to celebrate my first year of painting portraits!
( Sorry to tell you, Alex, I never worked hard : only had a lot of fun )

One of the things that struck me was the enthousiasm, the deep joy of the artists when they were creating in front of us. Some get really excited by the curve of an eyelid, some other by a special bone, or a shadow...
I think that as long as you feel this enthousiasm, there's no limit...

Judson : it's the Oil critique section, and it's an oil painting.

Terri Ficenec · 12-13-2006, 01:11 PM

Marina-- Congratulations! The changes in the update are subtle but so right !

Excellent likeness. . . and lovely photo of you with the painting. It would make a great shot on an 'about the artist' page on your website. . .

Marina Dieul · 12-15-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Terri Ficenec

lovely photo of you with the painting. It would make a great shot on an 'about the artist' page on your website. . .

No way ! Never use a flash, only a single light source , remember ?

Thank you Terri.