Classic Glamour
6"x6" oil on gessoed panel
Lately I've been spending time submitting paintings to shows. Two small paintings are on their way to Calilfornia for the Randy Higbee 6"x6" Show at the Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa. Took another one to the Nylen Gallery in Westport, CT for an upcoming show with the CT Plein Air Painters. Today I took paintings to Old Lyme for their "Deck The Walls" show opening soon.
So I haven't taken the time over the last few days to get outdoors to paint. But I have been trying out some things I haven't tackled in a while, faces- up close! A friend of my daughters in California had put up a new Facebook picture of herself- it was wonderful- she has the most glamorous look- sort of Classic Hollywood, and I knew I wanted to paint this! She's sent a couple photos along for me to paint from. (Thanks Elena!) This is the second attempt at this one, which I like much better than the first version! I'm going to re-shoot this photo tomorrow during the daylight, to try to get some better lighting and and a photo without glare/ and odd angles.
Anyways ladies and gents, I'd love to have some more of these photos to work from! Send them my way, please!!
For more information about these small paintings contact me here.
Labels: faces, oil paintings, portraits, Roxanne Steed Fine Art
posted by Roxanne Steed at
7:51 PM
4 Comments:
Thanks Rose! What I find interesting over time...(since learning is cumulative) is that a lot of what I have been figuring out this summer by painting landscapes...really starting to understand uses of cool & warm colors...is that it helps immensely in portraits & figures (skin tones too). What a long process....but hopefully I'll keep learning as long as I'm alive & kicking! You can do something for years...then suddenly turn a new corner of understanding...and voila- so incredibly helpful/meaningful!
Thanks again Rose! Yes, I've been hacking away at learning for about 20 years now. When my kids were little, just got in little bits of time here & there. But as they got older & when they left home, the learning curve really went up! Stay on the path & follow your heart. Luckily all the learning is cumulative. Be open to the surprises that take you off your path - sometimes they lead to some serendipitous happenings! :-)
Beautiful painting.
Thanks so much Tracey!
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