Greetings Steemians and Artists,
Aaaaaah...finally finished. These excellent models (Fox and Tim) have inspired several dual-figure paintings. For obvious reasons, these paintings usually take longer to complete.
Here is the first stage. I've divided the panel into quadrants to help me lay out the proportions more efficiently (drawn with a paintbrush in raw umber):
I start painting the focal center. At this point, I wasn't sure what alterations I'd be making to her face:
Adding the second portrait:
Starting the bodies:
Refining bodies. I spent significant time on those clasped hands. That is prime audiobook/podcast listening territory 😅⛏:
Clouding the eyes and starting the hawk:
Refining the hawk and trying color alterations on the edges of the focal portrait:
Refining everything and eventually getting to that lace shawl:
And the finished painting, "Prey, Grace" (12x24 oil on panel):
High res image link can be found here.
Some paintings are seem nearly impossible to photograph. Not because of reflection—that’s easy—but because of values and saturation. It took a mashup of 4 heavily corrected photos just to get it to look like it does in person.
More paintings featuring these models can be found in my website gallery.
Thanks for reading! -David
Beautiful work David.
What a collection? you have been busy!
Another Amazing Work @davidcheifetz
You make it look easy over here. The way you portray light is beyond me. Something about the way you have the light on their hands is so super real.
Looking at your work inspired me to get a little thicker with my paint and also to sit my brush strokes down and basically leave them be. I usually end up ruining their character or blending them into oblivion.
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Thank you so much! :D
This turned out great David! What kind of podcasts were you listening to if you don't mind me asking?
I listen to sooo many podcasts :). During this painting I listened to a lot of History On Fire, so good!
I'll have to check that out :) What better way to figure out who we are than to study our history.
Fantastic painting @davidcheifetz! And thanks for letting us in on your process, so much fun to watch the different stages. 😊
Thank you very much! :) :)
wow! i should say those two models looks very realistic! great job my friend! keep on posting stuff like this, i love it! :)
Thank you very much!! Will keep posting :)! -D
By the way, you have been scouted by @promo-mentors. We are always on the look-out for promising authors.
I would like to invite you to our discord group where we are a community that fosters camaraderie and help authors improve their blogging skills where we have mentors that conduct post feedback sessions and other things.
If you have time, do check us out!
https://discord.gg/vDPAFqb.
When you are there send me a message if you get lost! (My Discord name is the same as the one here)
That's awesome, thank you. I've never used discord before, but when I do, I'll be sure to take a look. :)
Great work! Thanks for sharing the process. Just amazing....
Thank you! :D :)
Beautiful work!
Thank you!
Gorgeous!
Cheers
Thank you very much! :)
You're welcome :)
wow....amazing work
Thank you!
very beautiful
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