BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Artist gives his all to portraits An Australian artist-turned-builder has finally found fame by painting portraits with his penis. 😆 This killed me, I couldn’t help but imagine how.. and then I was reminded of another sort of painting I tried for an experiment a long time ago..…
Is there anything more boring than finishing edges off? I love the look of a beautiful crisp edge but oy! I really hate doing them. Its the kind of thing you need to focus on but so boring it is hard to drift away and screw it up. I am using double thick canvasses for…
I thought I should finish this up, closure is good. The B&B loved their portrait. Sadly I couldn’t see their reaction when it was presented but I heard them say “Wow” a lot so thats good. I got a chance to speak to them afterwards and they were really delighted, especially at the choice of…
the art life: Heavyweight Champions Hooray! The invite is on one of my favorite blogs The Art Life! 😀 I feel so proud, That’s my painting! I got a chance to give an invite to the girl who was the subject for Cinderella, She was delighted and embarrassed and freaked out and excited all at…
I have been a tad slack with posting my updates for these. I have been posting a Flemish Technique WIP on the forum and figured that most of my blog readers will be less interested in the minutiae of period painting. These two photos show some of the more obvious developments. There are other photos…
100_2911.JPG Originally uploaded by Jennie. This is the next stage in the evolution of this piece. I am glad its evolving so fast, I don’t have a whole lot of time! The look funny out of sequence like this but I decided that might be the best way to work on this fast without surrendering…
100_2898.JPG, originally uploaded by minxdragon. This is the final tonal stage before moving into the color layers. I did the imprimatura in raw sienna to add warmth then toned in raw Umbre and ultramarine. Ultramarine isn’t strictly period but some of my research intimates that it might have been a practise. it certainly makes sense.…
Dan DeCarlo was best known for his wonderful renditions of Betty and Veronica in the Archie comics…. I can honestly say that Dan DeCarlo specifically and Archie comics generally are responsible for a lot of my images of beauty, my sexuality and a lot of my dress sense and behavior as well!This painting didn’t start out to be a tribute to Dan DeCarlo, it evolved this way when I picked a pose I wanted to paint…. I feel it works with this series because of the relation between DeCarlo’s images and my own body image and perception of Beauty.I bet you didn’t know I was an Archie fan right?
100_2814.JPG Originally uploaded by minxdragon. The initial stage in my next flemish technique painting. This is the outline layer where I map in the outline before sealing it with varnish and applying an imprimatura. I like the shapes in this one so far, it has interesting angles and shades so it should be less static.…
100_2706.JPG Originally uploaded by minxdragon. I worked on further glazing on the textiles last night as well as some small details like the crowns and jewelry. it is coming along but I need to put it aside. I am running out of time to move on to the next portrait. It has to be done…
Jennie's Palette 