Portrait in a Trompe-l'oeil

[Marina Dieul]

Thank you all!

In fact, this is the first of a series of 3, in the same frame. The second pannel is already cut and is wainting to be painted ( It will have to wait few months I think) and the third is still at the stage of an idea in my note book... I think that I will try to take the references soon, because it's a long process between several photo sessions, and the finish painting. If I wait too much, I loose a bit my enthousiasm and my interrest for my idea. If I dream it too much, it's as if I already painted it, and so I want to move to the next subject which is still new and exciting...

Alex,
I agree with you. It can be a long process, but when the unification of our differents interrests arrives, it's an interresting moment which justify years of research, questions, try, mistakes...

[Nancy Bea Miller]

Wow, Marina this looks great! Wonderful work.

[SB Wang]

Your name is M.D.
A successful C-section! ( in posiositive meaning)

[Marina Dieul]

Thanks, Nancy Bea. Nice to see you on the Forum!

Thank you SB.

[Tony Pro]

Wow, fascinating!
Very creative!
Painting outside the box... so to speak!
Tony

[Marina Dieul]

Thank you Tony!

Here is another photo I took with a black background. I wanted to get rid of the shadow on the wall, and also it gives a more sparkling look to the frame...

[Ngaire Winwood]

Marina
Simple STUNNING composition and technique. I would love to know your palette for baby and frame. It lookes as though it is mostly all earth colours. I can't stop looking at it. Wow your intuition is certainly very strong. Keep listening to it, I can't wait to see the rest of the series. Are they going to be for a competition?

[Marina Dieul]

Thank you Ngaire,
yes my palette is mostly earth colors ( yellow ochre, terra rosa, indian red, raw umber + black and white) and also cad red and ultramarine .I added cad yellow to those colors for the frame.
I found that it was an easier way ( for me) to begin to control skin tones with earth colors, now I quietly experiment with other colors.
It's my goal for this year, to enter in competitions, and hopefully have some results...
But this kind of pieces is generally a bit problematic: lot of people ( even professionals) don't understand what it is exactly when they just see a photo without explanations. Always better to see the real object...

[Janel Maples]

Well put Enzie.

I also have to say I may follow Cindy and break my brushes and join her in that corner.

The only think I can say, other than "Wow" is "I wish I had thought of it."

Keep posting. I LOVE IT!

Janel

[Linda Brandon]

I just spotted this one - Marina, you continue to amaze everyone with your technical skill and creative ideas. What a terrific painting! Enter this one in every contest you can find!