Made this last night. These pieces are what I call color sketches. Probably should have used more than 3 colors to add some excitement.
I need work on separating background from foreground as evidenced by this piece. A change in temperature would do it. So if I were to make this into a final painting I would spend more time picking the palette.
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Wow! .....Andy I do find this exciting already and you say it is only a color sketch and only 3 colors .....beautiful.....
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ReplyDeleteI really like him, head down belting out his Jazz. I love Jazz!!
I like that I can't see all his fingers and thumbs, I love the drips, I don't like the halo around his head.
hehehehe, didn't notice the halo, perhaps he is a celestial being. You're right though it doesn't belong. The background should have been a different temperature which necessitates a different color. Thanks Anne I have a thousand or more dollars worth of paint and I always work a limited palette. I've stopped buying now. I've made a new color chart too. Not a color wheel, but chart to show what my current palette is and what the paint does. Remember JJ years ago when I made that incredibly detailed color wheel and had all those notes?
ReplyDeleteAndy, I only have one nit, his hands don't match. they are different colours and the closest one is smaller than the furthest one. Ok, that's two things, but hey, who's counting. I love the subject and it's lovingly done.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mack, they certainly are different colors. The further is lighter value to suggest depth. The near hand has fingers clenched and the further is outspread; he is playing the piano. If both hands were the same, in value and size and shape it would be static. Good comments though, thanks for adding them.
ReplyDeleteI still have a copy of that paint chart on my desk top computer, somewhere..
ReplyDeleteOh I like this one Andy!
ReplyDeleteLove the palette and composition. Great values on the coat. The skin tones work well with background also. I like the smoky background too, gives it atmosphere. ;)
I think he looks like a mixture of Count Basie and Duke Ellington ! LOL
Cool. I was looking at a photo of Ellis Marsalis. Some years ago I made a final of the same pose, and now this colored sketch intending for another portrait. Once I find a photo I love I will do it many times, and because I do not paint for a likeness they each look fresh and are different.
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