Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Portrait Study of Amanda in Four Stages

When I first saw our new life model Amanda, I have to admit that whilst I was really keen to do a portrait study of her, I was quite daunted by the prospect of rendering her white dreadlocks in paint.
I considered just not tackling the dreads at all, but in the end I decided to knuckle down, look very hard at the subject, and paint away as usual.
This shows the two and a half hour painting process in four steps.
Amanda is a great model, and I was pretty pleased with the final result.

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8 comments:

  1. OliviaMarch 26, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    Sooo beautiful! Love it!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    The result is exquisite! Absolutely breathtaking -- the contrast of her hair to her deeper skin tones is striking, yet serves to draw attention to her beautiful face rather than to focus the eye onto the lighter hair tones. You are a magician!

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  3. PJ LynchMarch 26, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Hi Olivia and JKluge,
    I am delighted that you like the painting, and many thanks for the words of encouragement
    all the best
    PJ

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  4. AmalMarch 31, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    She's lovely (and thank you for showing us various stages. I think the model must be very,very pleased.

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  5. PJ LynchMarch 31, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    Thanks Amal,
    I don't know if Amanda liked it...sometimes the models are very interested to see how they are painted or drawn and sometimes not.
    Many thanks for the kind words
    PJ

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  6. Marc MosnierApril 2, 2011 at 2:22 AM

    Très bon travail !
    C'est toujours un plaisir de parcourir ton blog.

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  7. Celeste BerginApril 2, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    fantastic....!

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  8. PJ LynchApril 4, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    Many thanks Marc and Celeste
    regards PJ

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