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HURRAH FOR HENSCHE!
The quote quite literally sums up my perspective of the challenge of painting and more clearly expresses what I was trying to say regarding all of us being colorists (to one degree or another).
The way I try to use color is to suggest what the subject is doing. In other words, on a face, is the plane I am focusing on turned toward the light or away from it. Observing the surrounding colors, do any of them influence the color of the flesh of this plane in relationship to the light? How bright or dull is the color compared to its neighboring planes. Is it closer to my eye or further away?
All of these questions and more go through my mind when I am trying to determine what color to use. This is why I think of us all (portrait painters) as colorists.
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John Reidy
www.JohnReidy.US
Que sort-il de la bouche est plus important que ce qu'entre dans lui.
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