Jan 26th, Painting..

 

Spent some more time on this - I put some blurred detail (moving shapes, finding features) in with a smaller brush and then went back to the original large brush and a blue-black paint, which helped to bring the sketch lines back. 

I love this 3" Liquitex freestyle brush!  I can brush marks using the wide edge that leave lines our block colour, and use the slim edge to make sharper lines, outlines and shapes.

After taking the photograph (left) I felt the black solid lines and shapes extended too far to the bottom of the painting so I wiped them back with thinners.  

 

Details.. I'm struggling to get a balance .. I want Jack to be a focal point whilst being obscured - so in some ways he's painted with more detail and on the other hand, he has a partial face.

I'm a bit concerned that I've shrunk my face and Jacks is a little larger in scale than in the photo but I think this platforms him - There are loads of other paintings and sculptures that play with scale. 

 I've left sections of brush marks in the background that I just really enjoy using instead of realistic shadows. 

I'm thinking about appropriation and thought it would be interesting to take an already appropriated image and paint from the copy.

                            

Made a quick sketch with the big paintbrush - Still love how this handles. I'm not even that bothered about how this turns out - it's a sketch book exercise to establish my painting style and find what really works for me, a way that I want to develop my painting practice.