Thursday, January 20, 2011

Head Study


oil on linen panel 12x9 inches

Three weeks ago I began studying figure painting again with Joseph Todorovitch on Tuesday nights. Up until now I had used only the Zorn palette: yellow orchre, black, cad red medium and T. white. Exploring new color mixtures was a big challenge...to be honest, I felt lost! Most important is a clear depiction of light and shadow, so I gave special attention to the large shapes of light and shadow.
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4 comments:

  1. Karen BrusonJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Fabulous. More!

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  2. carol morgan carmichaelJanuary 21, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    Nice job on the skin tones. Very nice. Love your tube paintings as well.

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  3. Stephanie BerryJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    This is so nice. What colors did you use on your palette w/this? I dropped yellow ochre and black after taking a workshop with Carol Marine. Interestingly, I haven't missed them.

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  4. Karen WernerJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    Thanks for the comments everyone. Stephanie, I would miss yellow ochre! I use it a lot. For this head study I used Aliz. Perm., Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Ult.Blue, and T.White. But I'm at the experimentation stage, so I can't recommend anything...I don't know enough yet!

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