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Old 02-08-2008, 10:43 AM   #1
Alexandra Tyng Alexandra Tyng is offline
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Chris,

Thanks for the info about the canvases.

The portrait vignette is something you do so well, and I think this one is particularly successful. i like how you put the shadowy blue down first, extended it out just a little more than the light, which you built up n top of it. Even though you say you do not work with much impasto, the blue in the light looks thick and dimensional. Another thing I admire is your strong and sure modeling, which somehow achieves new heights here, maybe because the gradations are subtle. Beautiful, Chris!

Could we have another closeup centered on the face?
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Old 02-08-2008, 11:53 AM   #2
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Beautiful job, Chris. Very sure-handed. This painting exudes confidence.

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Old 02-08-2008, 01:51 PM   #3
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Thank you all very kindly.

Aside from some temporary image sizing frustration, here are more close- ups.

Alex, I laugh at your comment, as I would like to use thicker paint, and I struggle to overcome beginning this portrait work as a pastel painter. (Save the tooth, save the tooth!)

The tooth is making me use more paint - finally some training wheels for impasto!
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Old 02-08-2008, 02:16 PM   #4
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Hi Chris,

Beautiful head study! Does the canvas have the uneven weave of linen?
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Old 02-09-2008, 06:44 AM   #5
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Beautiful work here, Chris.
Solid drawing (as usual) and wonderful use of colour and the way you exploited the surface of the canvas. I especially like the way you handled the model
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:58 AM   #6
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Chris,
you have a wonderful, confident way of building the form, it reminds me of Green's pastels.

The color of the canvas is great and it can easily be modified with a wash. It would be easy to make from raw linen if it is primed with acrylic priming only, I guess.
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Old 02-09-2008, 11:25 AM   #7
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Great work, Chris. As Allan says, the paint looks so much like pastel work on this canvas, and the grey brings out the colours so beautifully.
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