This is the portrait I did in class this month. We don't meet Memorial Day weekend, so I'm done with this one. A new model in June and then a two-month break.
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7 comments:
He looks stern.
Art portraits are not like photographs. People rarely if ever smile. In class, the models pose for three hours with only a five-minute break every half hour. It's not possible to smile that long.
Now that I think of it, of course he can't smile that length of time. Perhaps it's his direct gaze. Some of your others were 3/4 views of people who just appeared to be thinking.
Ah, of course. you're right. I'd forgotten that difference. The first Saturday of the month, it's always a scramble to get there early to get one of the better views. This month I had a choice between head on (not very interesting) or full profile, which I'd done recently and didn't want to do again.
Again, another great painting. As I have been saying, you are becoming very proficient in these...truly capturing the spirit within the models...you can see it in their eyes.
Oh Ruth, this is quite good!!!
Ruth, you keep getting better and better!
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