I'm embarassed to admit that I promised to share this with the group, nearly a month ago. (How DOES the time slip away so quickly??) Another in my series dealing with the abolitionists, this piece is 24" x 24" on Gessobord, laid in with watercolor pencil as a ground, and completed with Prismacolor ArtStix. I wanted a lot of passion and energy with this one, to better convey the intensity of Frederick Douglass for his unfinished cause at this point in his life (approx. 1859), so working with the ArtStix seemed much more appropriate than with the thinner, more precise pencils. I'm pleased to have completed this in time for the opening of my Gettysburg gallery, Civil War Fine Art, at the start of my seventh season. I plan to hang the portrait near a window: I figure that he'll either bring visitors in, or scare them off -- that remains to be seen, I guess!
5 comments:
Wow, Amy! This is really a dynamic painting. One can feel the emotion pouring out of his eyes.
A man driven by his passion - LOVE this!
INTENSE! I'd agree with him about anything!
Amy, I emailed the "rep" and found out that the sample I was using LaCarte paper by Sennelier. Like I said, I'm using Rtistx board a lot now because it's great to work on and it is easy to frame as it has that gatorboard backing.
Thanks everyone, for the positive comments. Jill -- thanks for the info on the paper. I have a friend who has worked on LaCarte quite a bit. She gave me a sample -- now all I need to do is find it!
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