Boy with Knee Up

Thomasin Dewhurst · 09-06-2007, 12:01 PM

Carlos, thank-you very much. Yes, this is a group show at the Blackheath.

Thank-you, too, Tom. Yes I do a lot of scraping off, but I also use a lot of light touches too. The scrapings-off push the paint that is left on the canvas into the gaps between the canvas threads and give an actual physical, sculptural depth to the image. The light scumbled marks bring the paint forward physically and sculpturally, and together this give a great feeling of tactile modelling. So the front of the leg, or the most prominent parts of the cheeks, for example, would be scumbled and brought forward and the underside of the chin, again, for example, might be left in its scraped-off stage, or pushed hard back into the canvas with the paint brush. My paint marks are a combination of the descriptive (the outlines, the colour, the drawing) and the sculptural.

Chris Saper · 09-07-2007, 10:40 PM

I apologize for missing this post- it's just lovely.

Kudos to you,

Thomasin Dewhurst · 10-08-2007, 08:08 PM

Thank-you very much, Chris. I apologize for missing your reply!

Enzie Shahmiri · 10-09-2007, 10:47 AM

The angelic auro of your son comes across really nicely. Now that you have explained your texchnique it sounds very interesting and I would love to see your work in person.

Thomasin Dewhurst · 10-10-2007, 12:21 PM

Thanks very much Enzie.

Linda Ciallelo · 11-07-2007, 09:09 AM

Thomasin, I find that my response to your style is very positive. I really like this a lot. It's not just "ok". It feels really right somehow. Keep doing what you're doing. It's very solid in design quality. It's more figurative than portrait. I think. It's the direction that I will go also.

Thomasin Dewhurst · 11-07-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Linda Ciallelo

Thomasin, I find that my response to your style is very positive. I really like this a lot. It's not just "ok". It feels really right somehow.

Thank-you very much, Linda. I work and rework a painting until it does "feel right". I am not completely sure why something does feel right, but I think, for me, it has a lot to do with simplifying things and using stronger and more definite outlines and shapes, and also, with figures, a living personality.

I tend to need to create rather than portray people, so, no, I don't think I am a real portrait painter very often, although I do enjoy painting particular people now and again. This one, for instance.