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A Portrait
Published: 2009-07-28 08:26:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 36924; Favourites: 1782; Downloads: 627
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Introducing a "Japanese Ah Pek" (old man). He was grumbling that his face was too orange (the photo I took of him had sunset lighting), so I desaturated it in the end. =______=;;;;Executed using American Realism technique. I just realised recently that my method of painting in acrylic is really weird, seems like nobody else is doing it my way, hope this doesn't spell disaster...
C&C appreciated!
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
A Portrait II:
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EDIT
Reverted back to original colours (which are somewhat blaring) after reading 's suggestion. Thank you! ^^
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EDIT2
Oh my goodness, my first DD, thank you so much ^snowmask ~~~~ TTwTT
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Maybe this man grumbled because you showed off his soul! Should be thought twice before sitting in front of an artist!
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wow, you have a super technique ; good job, keep on going!
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Excellent piece of work; a modern parallel to Hans Holbein the Younger, or Vermeer.Β The color saturation seems to work exceptionally well.
A delightful portrait.Β Thanks for sharing it.Β I find the art to be inspiring.
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This is really amazing. Specially in acrylic.
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This is wonderful. It looks like a Thomas Eakins portrait.Β
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Truly amazing! I like the colours. I think they make this portrait special, give me a feeling of nostalgia.
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Thank you for your feedback, I'm glad you like it!
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What do you think is weird about your method of painting with acrylic??? I think this is a beautiful painting, and an excellent portrait. To me, the eyes are always the most important feature in a portrait, and these eyes, as well as his eyeglasses, are done beautifully. The lighting and color pallet are really special, but there is also a breathy quality to your paint's saturation or texture. Not sure how to say it. But it is very beautiful. And I don't see why being different should spell disaster, at all, especially with results like this!Β Β
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Love it - there is beautiful detail but still freedom in your strokes and the light is so perfect
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So beautiful! I really love this painting and his character
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i love the use of acrylic, the portrait in general, very beautiful!
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Hrm, can I ask for permission to post this on a Tumblr blog of mine? I won't use it in any other way, I just want people to look at it. "LOOK AT THIS THING. THIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTING.Β LOOK AT IT."
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Aww that's sweet of you. You can reblog it from here: wolfie-chama.tumblr.com/post/1β¦
Thank you!
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This is great! It looks very realistic, but I don't like the background a little bit.
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I like how sharp the highlights are compared to the darker areas that kinda dissolve in the background.
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I am wowed by how realistic this looks.Β
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It's absolutely well done.
I love the different shades of the colour. ^^
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*_* Wished I had this talent. Love the tones.Β
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Ive selected you as I've noticed you are a very talented artist. Β I have a proposal for you: I'm getting together a team of artists which will get paid by people to draw them/for them. You will be earning big £££. Β£100 per piece of art (Estimated). I will send payments by check or PayPal. If you are interested please e-mail me at:Β
harrisonfreeman97@hotmail.co.uk
If you have friends that are interested that are also interested, please just tell them to send me an e-mail.Β
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IF this is a disaster, then I'd love to have one. I'm blown away by the light. Just blown away.
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do you mind sharing your method of painting with acrylics? I hated working with acrylics until recently.
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My method of painting is a combination of transparent and opaque application. The tonal values are done dark-to-light, as opposed to the watercolour method of light-to-dark.
For the first part I do the pencil outline using 8B pencil on canvas, then apply layer after layer of transparent, watery washes (a little like watercolour) using a large brush to get the overall look. I use a lot of wet-on-wet glazes of colour, and mix the colours on the canvas itself, but you might prefer to get them right on your palette before applying the paint. By the end of this part the values of the shadows should be just right, while the lighted areas can be slightly darker as I would touch them up with opaque paint.
The second part is basically just touching up and adding more details using a tiny brush loaded with no water and lots of paint. I try to mix my colours frequently so that the final product will have a lot of subtle colour changes. Make sure to keep the paint really thick and concentrated, so cleaned brushes have to be dried, and I give my colour palette the occasional light spray of water to keep paint from turning to stone.
Hope this helps. : ]
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Beautiful artwork. There is nice emotion portrayed through his facial expression and the way he gazes out with so much thought in his eyes. Lovely.
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