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Naerko — Self portrait in oil
Published: 2008-04-04 05:57:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 3082; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 44
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Last oil painting I made in my ART101 - intermediate painting class.A self portrait based off a photo I took. This is my smallest painting yet. The canvas board is only 8x10''. The face came out a bit lopsided, but I was more concerned with color mixing and blending for this one.
Please view the direct scanned version of this peice too:
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In this view you can see the brush strokes and color variations easier.
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I especially love how you did your hair and hairline. Great painting
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If you don't mind me asking, how do you keep your oil colors so pure and keep them from getting "muddied" and dull?
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I don't mind at all. I mix all my colors on a glass palate before touching the canvas. So that way I can just put the pure colors down in thin layers with light blending where the strokes meet. Hope that helps.
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Thanks a lot. I'm still trying to understand the bigger technicalities of the medium. Beautiful portrait.
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It's grogeous!
Amazing, looks like a classic painting.
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Damn that's nice. It feels like it has a lot of staying power, very strong and solid
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Wow, this is definitely one of the best works I've seen from you. I really love the style here; the use of color and shadow here are just great, and the method of color blending is absolutely beautiful.
Of particular note are the eyes and surrounding area along with the lips and surrounding area. Again, the color and lighting combined with the method of blending make this piece really stand out.
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i love how you managed to capture all the subtle shades in your eyes! i remember how there's all those blues and greens and stuff, i always thought it was so cool
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Yay! That's always the hardest thing about portraits, making them look like who they are supposed to be. XD
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Hiya,
You're featured in my journal and also in this news article!
Laila x
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Wow, thank you so much! I'm really honored to be included in such a wonderful collection of portraits!
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great work! came out a lot better than my self portrait...
well, we also had to do ours in crappy charcoal..
anywho, awesome job on the cast shadows.
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Wow now you have me green with envy, I tried oil painting and failed horrably, congradualation, this is a work of art.
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Wow,the lightning is awesome.The use of colours is very nice too!
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wow. very nice. the colors and the lighting... even tho it's a little lopsided it seems to add a different effect to the painting. nice job. =]
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