Greetings,
"This is one of my favorite things that I've ever created. Partly because of the final result, but also because of the arduous process itself. The creation of this painting encompassed the full range of emotion. Excitement, joy, frustration, despair, boredom, exhaustion, and finally satisfaction. It was a journey. I gave it everything I had and came out the other side."
(Excerpt from my FIGURE book, page 41)
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And the finished painting, "Fire & Ice" (24 x 24 oil on panel, 2017):
Up close:
"Notice the evolution of the background values. From the outset, I had the vision for a middle-value blue, but I kept adding light into the background in order to increase dramatic focus on the darker values of hair and face. I have a strong instinct to do this on paintings with intended mid-value backgrounds. It just keeps happening. I'm drawn to drama. I'm no good with subtlety. For this reason, most of my backgrounds are either mostly dark or mostly light."
(Excerpt from my FIGURE book, page 43)
Thanks for reading! -David
I kept scrolling between photo 8 and 9. Something in the face of the blue girl changed and I can't see what it is. It must be something Mona Lisa-ish :)
I see what you mean! Big change between those
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Un resultado excelente y un contraste cromático muy logrado entre el fondo frio y claro y la fuerza cálida de la piel del motivo principal. Tienes un dominio total en las carnaciones . "Chapeau" que dicen los franceses. En cuanto al tutorial: gráficamente muy didáctico.
Thank you very much! :)
Beautiful and completely captivating @davidcheifetz! :)
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Fascinating seeing your style and colour sensibilities applied to figurative works David.
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Hats off to you sir it's beautiful and ur idea of step by step illustration is great.
adding light in background was also good.
Regards @crafter
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Incredible work!! Really beautiful!! Sincere compliments
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Absolutely gorgeous. Congrats!!
Thank you! :)