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03-02-2009, 09:59 AM
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Thank you. The challenge here was to keep the value range within the shadow very narrow, yet at the same time broad enough, in order to describe the form(s) and avoid dull, flat look. The same goes for the flesh hues, as well.
As for the chroma, all paints I used were heavily desaturated.
(It is difficult to see the nuances I am speaking about here, since they are lost in reproduction).
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03-02-2009, 10:07 AM
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Btw, this close up is larger than that area in the original painting.
(Besides, it seems that SOG software stretches pictures. The image attached in my post is larger than 398x543 pixel jpg I uploaded.)
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03-02-2009, 10:39 AM
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Palette, Please?
Valentino, would you share your palette with us? I can see what I THINK you used to achieve those tones, but I'd really like to know for sure. Colors also change so radically on a computer screen that it would be very interesting to read how you achieved the shadow colors.
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03-02-2009, 01:06 PM
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Beautifully done Valentino!
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03-03-2009, 06:55 AM
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Here's my palette:
flake, ochre, raw sienna, cyprus orange, red ochre, vermillion, alizarin, raw umber, warm sepia extra, payne's gray, davy's gray, transparent pink gray, prussian blue
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03-03-2009, 11:02 AM
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Well done Valentino! I like the radiant warmth in the darks. Your palette is interesting, and you are introducing me to a couple of new color names. Is the Cyprus Orange a type of half-burnt ochre? I see Williamsburg makes it. Also I am unfamiliar with Transparent Pink Gray. It sounds interesting.
Garth
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03-03-2009, 05:49 PM
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Yes, Cyprus Orange is kind of half-burnt ochre, but a bit darker than Old Holland's. Transparent Pink Gray produces only Doak (to my knowledge), and it is very useful when it comes to lowering the chroma of red family of colors while at the same time cooling them down (unlike the burnt umber, which keeps the color temperature).
It is also great gray in its own right.
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03-11-2009, 02:32 PM
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Valentino--
Very powerful! The close-value modeling within the shadow is just enough...very hard to paint detail in the shadows and still maintain the integrity of the overall shadow shape without over modeling. It's very sophisticated and restrained.
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03-16-2009, 06:04 AM
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Great portrait!
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