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Bruce Johnson

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07/28/2007 11:09 PM	Alert
Hi All.. its been a while since I posted here.. here's few studies Ipainted recently at our local portrait group.. some I like and some I'm not so keen on.... THese are painted on mi teinte paper ,... Rembrandt pastels, 22 x 18 ... about 90minutes each... THe models all look so depressed... its because they have to hols the same pose for long periods ,... its better to get them to relax ... which always ends up with an expressionless face...

vikingwife

Posts:878

07/29/2007 7:37 AM	Alert
HI Bruce! It's still amazing to me how fast you can do these! I really like the 1st pastel. I think you did an excellent job on those glasses, just putting in enough detail to show that they are there without taking the focus away from the man's face. In the 2nd pastel....I think you did an excellent job capturing her skin tone. Although I haven't seen this woman in person, I would imagine her to have that fair skin. The 3rd portrait doesn't seem to have the same amount of detail as the other two.....but those eyes are piercing! Nice work! Jess

klippie

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07/29/2007 8:32 AM	Alert
Seems you have portrayed the personalities as well here.. Love your portraits. Retha

If at first you dont succeed.........don't ever give up!

Anghwar

Posts:139

07/29/2007 1:18 PM	Alert
Bruce As usual your portraits are outstanding. Anghwar

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest. -Leonardo Da Vinci

Muckleskate

Posts:103

07/31/2007 1:29 AM	Alert
Only 90 minutes? You did a great job on them. Do you ever do more work afterwards?

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gene
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07/31/2007 8:14 AM	Alert
Great job, Bruce. You do beautiful work in such a short time. Do you do portraits professionally? If you don't, I think you should....................Gene

onenpoppin
Posts:69

07/31/2007 8:56 AM	Alert
Amazing! How do you do it like that in such a short time?

Linda Haney

Bruce Johnson

Posts:124

08/06/2007 12:55 AM	Alert
Hi Jess Retha and Angwhar thanks for stopping by and your kind words :-) Hi Muckleskate.. Once the model leaves I don't touch the painting again.. I love your tiger by the way.. brilliant job.. Hi Gene ... I do the odd commissioned portrait.. time is always against me ... I hope to start painting full time in the next couple of years... when the family have left home.. :-) Hi Linda.. I have a systematic approach which i follow closely.... I developed this from watching Daniel Greene's videos.

RV
Posts:5

09/16/2007 11:08 PM	Alert
Top one: There is something special happening in the top half of this portrait. The temperature movement is exceptional but it was not versed or supported by the static, almost flat lower half. More experimentation with these movements could make the viewer FEEL the form .... good value scale. Could be that the tone of the paper helps....the other two seem a bit wispy.

Mike Major

Posts:195

09/24/2007 11:45 AM	Alert
Bruce-These are really nice. I like everyone else likes the first one best. I would like to see some of your work where you put in 4-5 hours on a portrait! How amazing would those look? Please share more! Mike

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Bruce Johnson

Posts:124

09/24/2007 10:11 PM	Alert
Hi RV thanks for the knowledgable critique... you're right in your assessment of the top study... I had started to move down the face working on the colour temperature but ran out of time... once I leave the art society studio I normally don't touch the painting again.. but will make notes on the back.. yes the other two studies are a bit whispy ... the male model .. Greg... was a very good model and I had the opportunity to paint him again.. I painted a lot quicker this time and managed to get more volume into the painting... these studies were my first attempts at life painting and there is about one month between the two different versions of Greg.. I've since changed to oil and will paint Greg again sometime soon.. Hi Mike thanks for your encoragement.. yes I agree about finding more time to paint... and I'm currently working on an oil of my brother .. it is a longer pose.. I'll post it when I'm done.. I started it some time ago but haven't managed to get it done yet..

gene
Posts:1236

09/26/2007 10:39 AM	Alert
Bruce, don't change to oil!!!!! You are great at pastel..........but then again, I'm sure you will do as well at oil. And have a much better chance at getting them into galleries. Just spent a week in San Francisco, and went into many, many galleries. I'm always amazed how they just don't want to deal with watercolors or pastels in most of the big galleries. Too bad, their loss, I think. Anyway, this last one is just great. You sure have put some feeling into the eyes. Wish I could do that. Gene

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