Monday, March 18, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Portrait as of March 13, 2024)



Here is the portrait as it looked on March 13.  I used the revised lines (marked the previous day with red conte) to make changes to the canvas.  I introduced a bit of green just so I could keep track of the changes.  Although I worked a little on the face, at this point, I was concentrating on the position of the body, trying to show the slight turn to one side. To be continued. . . 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Portrait as of March 12, 2024)



Here's the portrait I am working on as it looked on March 12.  At that point, I was still working on the position of the figure, showning a slight turn to the side.  I did more measuring than painting, but you can see the newly corrected lines marked with red conte crayon.

Friday, March 15, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Closeup of Face) as of Mar. 11, 2024



Here is a closeup of the portrait I am working on, as of March 11, 2024.  Because I had to change the position of the body, I consequently had to repaint the face..  It's a little better, but not there yet.  But each time I re-paint the face, I am learning.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Portrait as of Mar. 11, 2024)



Here is the portrait I am working on, as it looked yesterday.  I went over the body position, measuring the photo and then measuring the image on the canvas.  I made a lot of changes, the most noticeable to the position of her left arm.  I marked the changes with red conte crayon, just so I could see them. Then I used brown and white paint to make the changes more visible.  The red from the conte added a little color. I also measured the face (photo and canvas) and spent some time trying to get a likeness.  I am closer, but not there yet.  But that's okay.  I need to get the figure right first.  To be continued. . . .

Monday, March 11, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Closeup of face) as of March 10, 2024



Yesterday I posted a photo of this portrait in progress, and today I am posting a closeup, taken at the same time.  Yesterday I was concentrating on the figure and realized that the position of the head was wrong.  I managed to fix that, but had to repaint the face. In  the process, I felt I was losing ground with the likeness, but it is much better to make changes in position now.  To be continued. . . .

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Portrait as of Mar. 10, 2024)



I worked on this portrait today.  I started by working on the face, using my reference photo.  Then I did some work on the figure, but noticed that the position of the head needed to be adjusted. There was too much tilt.  That meant making some more revisions to the figure and also reworking the face. So even though I feel like a lost a little ground on the face, the head position is better. And it is important to make that correction now, rather than discover the mistake later.  To be continued. . . .

Monday, March 04, 2024

Flowers for Celina (Closeup of face), Painting as of March 4, 2024



I was short on time today, but worked on this portrait anyway.  Using my reference photo, I began to block in the face.  I painted over my sketch on the canvas, using white and brown.  My goal wa just to block in the major areas of light and shadow.   There's a long way to go, but it is good to start painting.