14 x 11". Pastelmat.
About two years ago we went to do extensive photo-shoot on Susquehanna.
Most of it was done on McKees Half Falls, but this time it was no so much about landscape, I wanted to collect some god references for future figure studies... something what I didn't do for ages and never really mastered to my like. Perhaps now is a time. The other day I took some of those older photos out, made my pick for the first study and went ahead with pastels. Had wonderful time playing with those and here is result.
5 comments:
I love it! Very charming picture.
This is really great! Very well done! Beautiful composition!
Thank You, Linda and Michael!
Michael, I may work on finished/polished version some time later... Now too busy, this very my model is getting married in a week. And soon after I have two trips out of State. Can not work on anything what will take long time to finish at this moment. But I think if I will take my time this one may turn out very beautiful.
And as for photos, I lot of people do not realize a lot of the great painters worked from photos. Picasso, Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Lautrec just to name a few. Maxfield Parrish did as well. Photography was a little more snobbish back then. Kodak changed that.
Thank You, Michael. I enjoy photography almost us much as painting and with my life style it is just about the only way, how I can paint... But I can paint and I'm thankful for that. This is only important part.
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