Another Portrait

Sebastion

This is a larger portrait – a commissioned one. It is 30″x24″ (as opposed to 20″x16″). Hands are involved (which I love to paint) as well as a background. I wasn’t planning on painting the Indian block print tapestry, but one day I realized, with a sigh, that it had to be done. It took me a few days (and going back into the colors again and again). Then the trick was to get everything to hold together. When I painted his shirt I felt very proud. It worked up to a crescendo of a la prima painting (wet into wet). However, I don’t really make use of this technique in other places. Later I worked a bit to bring it closer to a similar language. Funny how a piece of a painting can become a bit precious, or the odd man out after it seems so ‘perfect’.

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