I do like the gummy build-up of paint in the flesh (see detail of nose on brunette). My attempt at Lucien Freud. Fun to do in tempera...until you overdo it, and the whole passage dislodges from the board and goes sliding to the floor.
(The top painting I did freehand from a shaky iPhone photo...that took too long, so I comped together two photos for the second painting and had Kinko's print me a 36"x48" b&w print to use as a guide. But I think the result is a little too stiff... I guess I'm not very satisfied with 'em, either!)
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Very nice. Love the subtle feature work. The dark haired girl gets the best effort. The golden hair girl is gorgeous. But her hair suffers from some 2dness. I'd say get some ref for turning an edge with gold straw hair. Apply a couple of notes to it.
no no, i was going for the posterized 2D look for everything but the faces.
guess the effect didn't work out like I planned.
I'm into them now that I get your style goal. Kinda Nagel like.
I think these are lovely. You can paint portraits of my kids any time you like. :)
Love the graphic look; the flat pink against the yellow!
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