Bruce Johnson
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| 12/30/2006 5:29 PM |
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Hi folks
THis is my most recent work... I did this as a WIP on another site, I can post the stages if anyone is interested. The ref was the same image as the watercolour I posted.. |
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troyatlarge
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| 12/30/2006 7:03 PM |
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I think it would be great if you posted the stages. Often, it sort of surprises me to see the direction that others travel, and in many respects it can be quite instructive ..... all of which is generally hidden in the finished results.
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Jim
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| 12/30/2006 7:14 PM |
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Yes! By all means post the stages. This is a medium I am just learniing and any kind
of insight is extremely helpful. Oh yeah, this is again a beautiful piece.
Thanks!
Jim
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All the best,
Jim
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Bruce Johnson
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| 12/30/2006 7:31 PM |
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Ok I'll post later today... I'm getting dragged out to the mall now ... Oh how I love shopping... NOT... |
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Bruce Johnson
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| 12/31/2006 12:52 AM |
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Ok guys you asked for it.. 
Rather than write heaps, I thought I would just post the stages and then if anyone has questions . comments or critiques I'll reply to them at the end... 
These first three images are the stages in laying down my line drawing. I develop my line drawing quite a bit to ensure I have a likeness... Its important to get the likeness at the line drawing stage because adding colour wont improve the likeness.. |
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Bruce Johnson
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Bruce Johnson
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| 12/31/2006 1:05 AM |
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| I slowly work my way across the hair developing it as I go... I think of the head as a sphere and keep the light and shadow as if it were an egg.. |
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Bruce Johnson
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| 12/31/2006 1:09 AM |
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| As I get to the hair line I start to develop the skin tones of the face. I alway lay a base of warm or cool yellow (depending on how the sun strikes the skin). THe yellow base denotes the colur of skin which is naturally yellow and its the blood and pigment in the skin which determines the skin tone.. I laayer these hues to get lifelike skin tones |
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Bruce Johnson
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Bruce Johnson
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| 12/31/2006 1:21 AM |
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| Normally I will develop the background at the same time as the portrait . however I had other artists following along with this demo and I didn't want them to get bogged down with background colours.. the portrait ws the main focus of the demo... not the background... These background colours work well for sunlit portraits.. so i've used it again.. |
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heatherm
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| 12/31/2006 10:41 AM |
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| Great demo! Thank you for sharing with us! |
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Muckleskate
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| 01/01/2007 3:00 PM |
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| Thank you for sharing with us. It's always wonderful to see how other artists work. |
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bluiiz
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| 01/01/2007 3:57 PM |
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| Wow, that was wonderful of you to share the stages of this portrait! I can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciate it! So often I will see a portrait or work that I am asking myself how did they get there... I have watched a couple of videos and Portrait magazine this month has several in stages, but not as detailed. This is a really big help to me. I am working on one right now, which I can't get right and this will help me to see things that I need to change. I don't have a lot of detail on the photo (its old and small) so I have been trying to get detail from the computer zoom... but anyway THANKS! By the way I really love the way that you capture your subjects, you get a real sense of who they are... |
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bluiiz
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| 01/01/2007 3:59 PM |
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| I wish this was done more often, that would be great! |
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Bruce Johnson
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| 01/01/2007 4:03 PM |
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Thank you Heather and Muckleskate... you're very welcome..
Hi Anna thank you for your nice comments.. I'm very pleased that you enjoyed my demo...If you post the portrait you're doing at the moment I'm only too pleased to help if I can..
Here's the ref of Julie |
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Jim
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| 01/07/2007 12:56 PM |
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Hi Bruce,
Thank you so much for sharing this lesson.
I know that it will be very helpful in upcoming
pastels that I do.
Jim
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All the best,
Jim
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ronnie
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| 01/07/2007 9:05 PM |
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nice portrait work, and great demo, thanks,
Ronnie |
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gene
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| 01/08/2007 2:28 PM |
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| Bruce, This is just great. But how long did it take you to do all of this work (I mean posting it, not the actually painting of it)? This is better than buying a book. You should write a book, by the way. Thanks for sharing all of this. I love it! And just on time to help me with a portrait of my granddaughter that I want to attempt. |
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Bruce Johnson
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| 01/08/2007 3:42 PM |
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HI Jim and Ronnie, thank you and you're both very welcome..thanks for stopping by..
Hi Gene... It probably takes about an hour to post a demo like this... normally it would take a lot longer if I gave a more detailed explanation, I'm thinking that one day I may put all my WIP's together in some kind of format.. either a CD or a book. Thanks for the suggestion Cheeers BRuce
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heatherm
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| 01/10/2007 11:58 AM |
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Hi Bruce,
I agree that demos like this are truly helpful.
After looking at this portrait compared to reference photo, something was bothering me about the tension in her smile, so today I took another look. The corner of the mouth could be turned up more. The line from nose to corner of the mouth seemed stretched, and it is because the nose is not long enough re reference photo, also the nostril should be wider to bring it under the tear duct of the eye. In spite of that this portrait is a delight.
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