"Left Turn" (16x12 oil on panel)
I created this painting shortly after taking an inspiring Zhaoming Wu workshop several years back. Here is the first stage, which was painted from a life model:
From this point onwards I continued working on this painting from my photo references of the model:
Models and references are just the starting point. While heads/faces will always naturally draw focus, my goal here was to create additional drama/focus on the area of her right thigh where the tattoo and red dress intersect. Towards this aim I isolate and exaggerate the intensity of light and the color saturation in that area...you will see this expanding out to include part of her arm as well. I also place a dark dark (yes, I meant to say that) right under that leg to increase focus. Next stage:
Next stage:
Next stage:
And the finished painting:
Thanks for reading! -David
so cool.... beautiful !!
Thanks!
Gorgeous!
Thanks!
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STOPAlso beautiful!
😊🙏
It is amazing.
Thank you!
The drapery of her dress is ridiculously perfect. Beautifully done! 👌
:D Thank you!
Beautiful!
Thank you! 😁
Nice one man! ;)
Thank you 👊🏼😁
wow this is stunning, shame its outside the 7days as it deserves my upvote!
Thank you! :)