Robin

Vianna Szabo · 06-19-2003, 07:51 PM

I paint with a group of artists every Monday morning. I really liked this particular model named Robin. She was very down to earth and quite funny.

The painting is a pastel and 20" x 16". The green background is actually the color of my friend's basement, where we meet. A funky color to live with, but a great background for skin tones.

Vianna

Michael Georges · 06-20-2003, 08:25 AM

Hello Vianna:

Very nice work, I particularly enjoy the lighting. You did a nice job modeling the forms on the shadow side of the face.

How long did this take you?

It may interest you to know that a lot of studios are painted a mid to dark green also. My studio is. The color came from Bill Whitaker who got it from David Leffel - it is the color he used in his studio and at ASL in New York. It looks wonderful against flesh.

Michele Rushworth · 06-20-2003, 10:03 AM

Vianna, gorgeous color, once again! I particularly like the lighting you have used.

Are you related to the famous watercolorist Zoltan Szabo, by any chance?

Holly Snyder · 06-20-2003, 10:50 AM

Vianna,

The coloring is beautiful in this and your portrait of Keeton. They are a delight to view. Could you post a close up of Robin's head as well?

Vianna Szabo · 06-22-2003, 02:34 PM

Thank you Michael, Michele and Holly for your kind words. I really appreciate the feed back. I painted Robin in one three hour session. We usually keep models for 5 weeks but this one lived too far away. No, I am not related to Zoltan Szabo. My last name is my husbands fault and is a very common Hungarian name. (If you are Hungarian chances are you're named Szabo.) I have attached a detail of Robins face. Because she was done so quickly the pastel is very thin.

Vianna