What an unusual and lovely portrait Linda. I am a big fan of purple myself, so this is some good eye candy. Super!

Bill Murray.

No, no ...

Not body painting, not which surface of my hero Bill. Which traditional surface for painting would you choose?

Linda,

I feel a wave of DEEP resentment creeping over my erstwhile calm and saintly persona.

You get to paint a beautiful model AND a beautiful painting AND get paid for it.

After over a month of searching for a model, pay at now $15 per, 12-20 hours a week, flexible days, I WAS ready to call Club Balloons for a 'dancer', until I read they make $700 a night seducing a pole.

Really imaginative and gorgeous, Linda. The parents should be really overjoyed.

Oh, I was just messing with your head. I watch Groundhog Day every year on Groundhog Day, by the way, and it's coming up again.

Back to your question. Untraditional surfaces are a harder sell for clients and I always talk about what I'm going to paint on as a support with them. Sometimes they say they don't care and sometimes they do. Linen and gessoed boards are traditional surfaces but I'm not sure I would paint on a big gessoed panel for, say, a full portrait size or larger. Linen is a lot lighter in weight and the paint is for me anyway easier to move around.

I wouldn't use a gessoed or ABS panel for a plein air or alla prima painting, either, for the same reason. Those panels need a couple of coats of paint on them.

If I had a client with, say, skin that I really wanted to work on - a child or a beautiful woman - I would get a gessoed panel and really noodle around with layers and scumbling.

Heidi, thank you. And Sharon, thank you - you are so funny... !

Linda,

This is very very nice. I personally am thrilled each time I see another "traditional pose" presented in a very creative and untraditional way. That is my personal interpretation of a way to describe your painting. The tide in portraiture just may be changing.

Congratulations on a beautiful work,

Denise

Marvelous, simply marvelous!

:thumbsup:

Dang! Sorry to have been misleading, Sharon, this was done as a gift. I do tend to push for offbeat ideas, though. And thanks, Denise and Beth.

Linda,

I dont want to go off-topic in your Unveiling here - so move this somewhere ok? I just want to make sure you see this -

Can you tell me what if any the difference is between the realgesso panels and ABS for painting on? Because of all the hoopla I think I need to stop using the ABS, but I love the surface so much! I have 2 realgesso panels and just havent used them yet. Also - Ive had problems with glare with the ABS and was hoping the panels were better.

Thanks!
Kim

Gift Smift!
 

It still did not cost you model money AND it is still beautiful!