Pastel of Korinne

Chris Saper · 03-12-2005, 02:40 PM

Jimmie, you are off to a luscious beginning, great surface quality, very painterly!

Chris Saper · 03-12-2005, 02:42 PM

PS ( my "Enter key" finger is way too fast)

Why do you want to change the coor of the background you already have? You have already made excellent color and temperature decisions based on the cooler gray background - to change to a warm temperature background now will cause you to have to do a lot of repainting in the skin tones.

Julie Deane · 03-12-2005, 02:50 PM

....the mark of a true professional. I will be looking forward to seeing the finished piece.

Jimmie Arroyo · 03-13-2005, 10:47 AM

Thanks all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Saper

PS ( my "Enter key" finger is way too fast)

Why do you want to change the coor of the background you already have? You have already made excellent color and temperature decisions based on the cooler gray background - to change to a warm temperature background now will cause you to have to do a lot of repainting in the skin tones.

Before my following answers sound dumb and naive, that's because they probably are. The gray that's there now is the Belgium Mist from Wallis, and I never gave thought to having a gray background for this piece. Now I've never been good at color, but I thought the ochre background would work well with the purple sweater.

The verticle column touching her face will be darker than the other planes and have reflected cool colors that will be similar to the reflected colors on the back of her hair.

I wish I had my sketch to post to demonstrate what I planned. It looked good to me, but like I said before, I've always been weak with color. I have it at work, so I'll try posting it tomorrow night or Tuesday morning. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks again to everyone.

Jimmie Arroyo · 03-15-2005, 11:17 AM

OK, here's the sketch I made before I started my last pastel. It's very basic, it's intention was more composition and color block-ins. I thought the colors looked ok to me; they're much stronger and saturated than the reference, and I figured they'd look better in the finished product.

Don't know how much info can be gathered from the sketch, but any opinions are welcome. Thanks.

Elizabeth Schott · 03-15-2005, 11:45 AM

Ahhh Jimmie if I could only suffer as you!

I am with Chris on the background stuff, and everyone else on the kudo's.

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Rob Sullivan · 03-16-2005, 10:34 AM

Looking good as usual, Jimmie.

Turns out backgrounds are more important than I thought. I changed my block in procedure after reading this --->(click here for link to download). It's some insanely useful Sargent notes which discuss his integration of backgrounds into his portrait subjects. I did a 2-hour alla prima demo this past Friday, and wow, did this info hit the mark!

Hope it helps!

Jimmie Arroyo · 03-16-2005, 05:07 PM

Thanks for the info, I'll read it whan I get more time. I guess I'll change the color, not sure what to. I'll have to make more sketches before I decide on something. It's only one coat of color, so it'll be easy to cover. Wallis paper is supposed to take up to 25 layers. I think I've gotten close to that in my previous piece during all my confusion. Thanks again.