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Originally Posted by John Reidy
As portrait artists, are't our major concerns mainly two-fold, color and form? Aren't we all (portrait painters) really colorists?
We need proper form to be able to represent a resemblance to the subject. All else falls under color, especially values. You cannot represent a color accurately (or to more correct, to represent what you wish the viewer to see) without hitting its value and chroma. After all, if you miss on the chroma you miss the overall effect of 3 dimensions.
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John,
Some portrait artists add color as in over a grisaille and others work directly using color to create light and form. Others leave form behind entirely. It depends on what your personal definition of portrature is, another thread entirely.
Here are some examples of what I mean.
The Raphael is probably a grisalle, highly modeled, color added. It is dependendent more on form than color.
The Renoir is directly painted with color, quite flat. It, though it is subdued, more dependent on color for it's effect.
The Klimt leaves form behind almost entirely and dependes entirely on color.
This clever Japanese portrait by Natori Shunsen, from the 1920's is almost posterized.