This is a commission I have from a Catholic church (I'm a pagan, hard drinking, foul-mouthed artist by the way). The nun started out cruder than this, and at this stage, I still have a lot of work to do with color variations and values. One starts rough and ends at whatever refined stage is appropriate to one's style. The priest is finished and reflects my loose style of painting. The medium used for both paintings is acrylic painted on stretched canvas. You can see in the priest photo the small black and white reference photo I had to work with. Sometimes I think it is better NOT to work from a color ref. photo so that you must exert your own personal color scheme . . . good practice! These canvases are 18 by 24 inches in size.
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That's not a nun. That's a man, baby!
You've made the priest much more striking than that little photo shows; and the nun does look a bit masculine in this stage. Good to know you are a pagan - the world needs more pagans right now!
Pat, hopefully not when i finish. This is still at the rough stage, baby!
Rhonda, As a pagan, I also burp frequently. :-).
Hi David,
Brave pagan, what great paintings you do. Super portrait of the priest. I like your use of blue in the shadows.
Super work.
Ciao,
Barbara
Sorry to say, but the Nun looks like John Travolta. Really!!!
Anonymous, I agree, but this is my rough start and not my finish. I'll be posting the finish in a week or so.
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