Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Glamourous Life - Self Portrait



An Art challenge for February from KM for

Calypso Moon Artist Movement



Using one color with black and white....I chose, are you ready?... RED!
It is a healthy colour I am thinking. Lots of things I really like are red... peppers, pomegranates, carnelian, rubies! garnets! lipsticks, polish for the nails...etc.

This is the second self portrait I have done in my long and illustrious career as a portrait artist!

Artists are urged to look at Vincent Van Gogh self portraits, which, as it happens, I have a photo detail...live from Musee d'Orsay, which I just recently did a walk through.

The interconnectedness of life!






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12 comments:

  1. Elaine, that portrait you did of yourself is phenomenal!! I love the three colors...Limited palettes force one to work on values, doesn't it? I've never tried it, I don't think. And for the record, I find Van Gogh quite a handsome guy!

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  2. Elaine your portrait is so expressive. I see a very sly mischievous fox in this woman. The multiple textures you've done create lots of movement around the composition and the red you choose makes me think of a fine vintage red wine. Beautiful entry.

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  3. Oh My...you got right on this! I'm working on it, but as usual I have gotten very involved on what started out as a quick sketch!

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  4. Elaine, red becomes you with that very satisfied looking smile on your face. Excellent choice and excellent portrait.

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  5. I love that smile, too. It's a knowing smile and one that says, hey, everything's gonna be alright. I think we all need to see more smiles like that in the world! Glad you joined in with us, and your portrait of Karin is also really nice.

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  6. Beautiful self portrait. I always have lots of red in my life.

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  7. You so know yourself because red is you! I'd also say you picked a perfect reference photo but every photo you take probably has a lot of energy and shine to it!

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  8. elaine,
    excellent work..
    proved that you don't need much colours to be a colourful artist......

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  9. Elaine, You were plainly channeling Georges Rouault when you were painting this, with glorious results. Viewing your painting makes me want to know the woman behind that wry smile. Well done.

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  10. Thank you, each and every one, for your comments. The feedback is marvelous.

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  11. Elaine - wonderful self-portrait! Great texture and love your expression! I'm sure you had a lot of fun with this challenge, it shows in your work.

    You have a great blog...very creative!

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  12. Gorgeous as you are, Elaine!

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