July 19, 2006

Renaissance Lady

I've been making copies of master paintings to better understand their processes. It's great fun, and allows me to become more familiar with portrait painting.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

So cool! I love these portrait copies. I've always heard that copying is a great way to learn, but I've never tried it. What kinds of things have you been learning from it?

michelle said...

A lot about brush handling. Comparing the feel of putting down less paint than I'm used to. Also ridding myself of what I thought I understood about the colors found in eyes for example. There really are not whites of the eyes when you're painting. After doing a few of these I'm now interested in changing the likeness to people I'm familiar with, swapping our their likeness for the original. Fun stuff!

Unknown said...

Like doing a portrait of your daughter in a Renaissance style? I think that'd be really neat!