Thursday, January 29, 2009

Figure Painting of Young Woman in Soft Light, 9" x 12" Oil on Linen Panel

"Angie II"




This smaller piece was done from the same reference material as a much larger version, but here I was playing with the temperature a bit and also changed some of the colors. Not sure I'll use linen again for small pieces. While I enjoy the texture of the canvas, it tends to soften the edges on small pieces too much for my liking. While I can work around this with thicker paint and sometimes do, I didn't want hard edges except in a few places where thick paint just got in the way of flow. Paint and learn.

3 comments:

Art with Liz said...

She's so pensive! Absolutely lovely.

Susan Martin Spar said...

Thanks Liz...I was striving for soft light but I think it's a bit too soft maybe?

Art with Liz said...

Oh I don't think it's too soft! That's the paintings appeal - that and the glow of the light coming through.