Lady in Hat

This is a small acrylic painting done in one sitting and some studio work afterward. Again, I am disappointed with my camera in conveying the colors I tried hard to work out. hm...Probably should invest in a better one.

Girl tieing Ribbon

The theme of these few weeks is color. (unfortunately, my lousy camera lost much of the subtle color variation!). This is done in 2 sittings. She sat upright. But I alter the pose to make her leaning to her right. This pose adds more dynamics to the picture. The strong turquoise color of her dress is lost in the picture and my camera doesn't seem to be able to differentiate green-gold color from yellow. So I blame much of the simple color blocks on the camera. I have been a bit timid with strong color. Just want to be bolder.

More Passion

Just wonder what will happen if I make the negative space more active. So, I use Artrage layering tool do a study in computer. This version is certainly more dramatic. I am not sure which one I like better. Must look at it a few days later to decide whether I want to do anything like this on the canvas.

Passion

Zak continues his monk pose for another 2 weeks. Decided to do a portrait of some sort. I altered his face to look a little older. I use a pretty saturated warm background of Cademium yellow and try to retain its luminosity. Hope that it works for you.

Monk's Burden

Spend a week on this painting. Recently, I paint mostly with 24x24 size canvas, and have not done a larger size painting for a while. This is a 30x30 canvas. Feel more satisfying. I changed the posture to more upright position, so he won't look very relaxing. I made up the table and the stuffs on it. Use glossy medium for glazing. The shiny surface is a problem for taking photos. Perhaps, I should look for a less shiny painting medium.

Painting on real canvas is still more satisfying than digital painting. Perhaps, I have not yet learned enough technique of digital painting.