Mary Rose

Linda Brandon · 11-21-2005, 10:48 AM

Chris, this is lovely! What a beautiful face, freshly and strongly painted. Please post some closeups, I would love to see how you navigated the shadow side of the face.

Tom Edgerton · 11-21-2005, 11:39 AM

Chris--

Really nice! Like the color in the shadows especially...I've been struggling with this.

Best--TE

Claudemir Bonfim · 11-21-2005, 11:56 AM

Hi Chris,

This is another beautiful and lovely work.
I loved the colors and how you captured her expression.

Michele Rushworth · 11-22-2005, 12:50 AM

Gorgeous color -- and I'll be looking forward to seeing the closeups, too!

Mary Sparrow · 11-22-2005, 10:05 AM

Beautiful as usual!

Vianna Szabo · 11-22-2005, 01:44 PM

Beautiful job, It looks like you enjoyed painting her and you were very sensitive to her sweet expression.

Vianna Szabo

Chris Saper · 11-22-2005, 09:16 PM

Thank you all, so very kindly!

Here are some close-ups.

Sharon Knettell · 11-23-2005, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Edgerton

Chris--

Really nice! Like the color in the shadows especially...I've been struggling with this.

Best--TE

I am struggling through the same problem: however, your's looks SO nice and fresh!

I love the unusual use of the greenish flowers in front, a really good example of an analogous color composition.

Alexandra Tyng · 11-23-2005, 08:50 PM

Chris, thanks so much for posting the WIPs. I love seeing how you built up the colors, but I found the brushstrokes especially interesting. The way you brush out into the edges of her face is something I've never seen before. Is it something you developed yourself, or did you learn it? I can see how it affects the edge. Also the forehead: many artists brush horizontally along the forehead, but your brushstrokes are vertical. Also, your diagonal strokes seem so orderly and purposeful, as all strokes should be, even when you are just beginning a painting. I like having this glimpse into how you work, since my trips to Phoenix are few and far between.

Alex

Chris Saper · 11-24-2005, 10:27 PM

Thank you all!

Regarding the brush strokes, I think they have come about since I started using 'grainer" brushes (aka Bob Ross wildlife fur brush, aka grass faux brush,aka rake brush and whatever else) to paint highlight transitions in hair. I like them so much I now use them all over the place.

These little brushes are more often in the craft section of places like Miichael's, are generally really cheap and designed for faux painting or decorative tole painting. They are overall shaped like a flat, but the last 15% or so of the brush hairs' lengths are feathered.

I only wish I could say that the brushstrokes' directions were purposeful. Sigh.