Becca and Si

Alexandra Tyng · 07-14-2005, 02:45 PM

I've been using my daughter as a model a lot recently. Here's another portrait of her with the cat, Si. The concept of this one was to keep her hair the brightest, warmest element in the composition. I did this one in north light.

Jimmie Arroyo · 07-14-2005, 03:27 PM

Alexandra, this is very, very nice! Great expression, nice handling of the lighter colors and cat. I'm a cat person myself.

Julie Boyles · 07-14-2005, 08:32 PM

This is beautiful Alexandra! I think the expression you caught here is very sweet. Your paintings really have a way of bringing out your subject's expressions, making the viewer want to know what they are thinking.

Her right hand is fantastic too!!

Julie
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Julie Deane · 07-15-2005, 12:46 PM

Wow! Very nice! Love your handling of the paint, the drawing, the anatomy.

Alexandra Tyng · 07-15-2005, 09:22 PM

Thanks, Jimmie, Julie and Julie! I posted this one right before I saw Vianna Szabo's painting of her daughter and since then I've been so intrigued by her painting, thinking about how mothers paint their daughters and what goes into their choice of pose, expression, etc. This is a very characteristic expression of Becca's. Julie, I am so pleased that you see the sweetness that is such a big part of her personality. I, too, often wonder what she is thinking! And I guess I unintentionally (or subconsciously) put that into the painting.

Chris Saper · 07-15-2005, 10:43 PM

Lovely.

Allan Rahbek · 07-18-2005, 03:20 AM

Alexandra,
Beautiful, all of it

I like your color scale, using the secondary colors, orange, violet and green. And the light is so soft and cool. It reminds me of your landscapes.

I had a Siamese cat like this once.

Allan

Terri Ficenec · 07-18-2005, 09:59 AM

Alexandra, I keep coming back to look at this. It's so peaceful and homey. The posture of the cat is just perfect (my daughter carries one of our cats around like that all the time

). The skin tones and reflected light on Becca's face are beautiful.

Alexandra Tyng · 07-18-2005, 10:31 AM

Thank you all! Lisa, thank goodness we can all envy each other's work and be inspired by it! The cool light really was a challenge, especially since my daughter's skin tones border on ivory, she is so pale.

Yes, I guess you can tell I am a cat-person, but I like dogs, too. I just never had dogs growing up because we lived in a very small house in the city.

Margaret Suddeth · 07-18-2005, 06:22 PM

Alexandra,

Just a few hours ago I was taking photos of my son (teenager) and our cat Mai Tai (also blue point Siamese) am sitting here now and just happened to open your post. How timely! I very much enjoyed seeing your portrayal of similar subject. The painting is just lovely!