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Gita
Canvas
Posts: 2474
Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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March 15, 2019, 12:27:20 PM
I have started to paint the portrait of a young lady wearing an indian Saree and holding a Tambura. I made a photo collage (photo App)and placed her on a pompous ancient throne to suit the ambience. The face is from another close up photo. The small spots are written numbers for the colours.
This young lady is a perfectionist and I hope to fulfill her expectations.
The canvas is big approx. 160 x 60.
I request your critical opinion and suggestions to make this a good painting. Love to hear your thoughts to this.
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EmmaLee
Easel
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Re: Portrait of a young lady
Reply #1 on:
March 15, 2019, 01:10:28 PM
Wow, that’s a big canvas. It looks great so far and I have no doubt you will meet or even exceed her expectations. I’m excited to see this one come together.
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MaryAnne Long
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Master Artist
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Re: Portrait of a young lady
Reply #2 on:
March 15, 2019, 04:24:24 PM
Gita,
This is going to be stunning if it ends up as good as it is starting.
aloha
mea
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Gita
Canvas
Posts: 2474
Re: Portrait of a young lady
Reply #3 on:
March 15, 2019, 09:15:41 PM
Thank you Emma Lee, Thank you Mea! The contours of the face has to be adjusted still. I think I spent quite some time to get the similarity, which is not 100% at present. The rest of the painting will be hopefully less tedious.
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csebesta
Palette
Posts: 292
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #4 on:
March 16, 2019, 11:51:20 PM
Wonderful so far, excited to see the finished product!
Charles
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Gita
Canvas
Posts: 2474
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #5 on:
March 17, 2019, 11:48:50 AM
Thanks Charles, I am looking forward to meet the challenges of painting the Saree folds and the golden designs. Not sure if I should use paint with gold in it.
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Gita
Canvas
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Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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March 17, 2019, 12:05:35 PM
This young lady had not given me the permission yet to present the information that she is related to me.. 🤫 🤐. But now I can! 😃 She is my only child and daughter.👶🏻 She really does not like to wear a Saree. The photo was made specially for this purpose.
So painting a face which I know the best is not at all easy... 🤷🏻♀️.
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Aniz Oniro
Canvas
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Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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March 17, 2019, 05:43:59 PM
Gita this will be fantastic painting
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csebesta
Palette
Posts: 292
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #8 on:
March 18, 2019, 02:36:12 PM
Really nice job on the facial features, and I can certainly see the resemblence to you avatar. Nice work!
Good luck with the gold and folds, I have a lot of fun painting folds, but never as much as what I am sure you will. There is a lot there.
My only work on gold was for gold foil on a champagne bottle. There I used yellow ochre as the base,raw umber to darken, and white and cad yellow to lighten as I recall. I am sure there must be a better way, but I liked how mine turned out. You will get it right for sure.
This will be exceptional when you are done.
Charles
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Happychappy
Master Artist
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Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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March 18, 2019, 04:53:29 PM
Gita, as per usual, you are doing a wonderful job and I admire your work. Patricia
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nolan
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Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #10 on:
March 18, 2019, 09:32:36 PM
Beautiful so far.
You can darken the neck another shade to make the face stand out further
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Gita
Canvas
Posts: 2474
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #11 on:
March 20, 2019, 08:12:00 PM
Thank you Aniz!
Charles, your experience of colour mixing is really a great help.
Thank you Patricia!
And Nolan I did darken the neck and the face has lighted up. Thank you for suggesting.
Will post after doing some more work on this.
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Elizabeth
Paint Brush
Posts: 860
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
Reply #12 on:
April 03, 2019, 03:36:18 PM
Whow! Stunning so far. This is going to be a real winner!
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Sacgal/Sharon
Master Artist
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Make it a great day!
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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April 04, 2019, 05:04:31 PM
Oh Gita - your daughter is beautiful! And your painting is off to a terrific start. Keep posting for us to see!
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Gita
Canvas
Posts: 2474
Re: Portrait of a beautiful young lady
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April 06, 2019, 08:05:44 PM
Thanks Sharon, will do. I am bit slow at present due to other important life issues.
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