Sunday, March 18, 2012

edging



Decision time now with the rest (tho face not finished yet):  painting the arms will happen, but what to do with the clothing and background:  tidy up but keep it sketch sienna, paint in flat blocks of colour (cf russian icon style), work up clothing in a similar but looser way than face and put a vista background (from Anzac Hill) behind like with a bunch of Renaissance portraits.  O decisions decisions.  Nice to have so many.

2 comments:

Ploughman said...

I like the idea of a vista background.
The problem with leaving the clothing as a sketch is that it may look "unfinished" (but who am I to give advice!)

alstrangeways said...

Thanks Ploughman! Have to say the vista idea is appealing to me too (just need to get up Anzac Hill in the right light now!