Last nights art therapy session was an oil painting session looking at ideas from how Lucian Freud applied the paint to the canvas, we had a brief look at some of his portraits before being unleashed for an hour on some oil paint. What I love about these sessions is the embarrassment of equipment riches, copious paint new brushes and easels. I am definitely buying some easel next year. Sadly due to the effing trains I was late and so failed to procure an very good mirror, so ended up holding it. This meant that when I eventually stood back my proportions were skewed, I now fully appreciate the genius of Freud who barely sketched the outline before piecing the parts of a face together to create a far more accurate reflection, but it was great fun and not bad for an hours work!
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from my humble perspective, this looks great! what an array of colours go into making those flesh tones. . .
Part of my excitement, when I took the illustrated journalling workshop, was in seeing the wealth of tools and materials -- of course, then it was shocking to head to an Art Supply shop and realize that one of the colours on my list was $25 for a small tube . . . and the brushes. . . and the quill nibs. . . and the markers.. .
Yes a great start. I can see that this is a difficult way of working - to get it right. Do you think it is a better way than sketching the composition before delving into the surfaces?
For me yes, I should have sketched more, I was too hasty. The reason I failed to properly was they gave us charcoal and I just can't stand the feel of it on board, it sets me teeth on edge, next time I shall use a pencil!
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