Joueurs de Cartes - Card Players

After doing some quick studies of individual card players (see my previous post with regard to this subject) I chose a different photo as a base for a painting of a group of card players, again a very characteristic black and white photo. I first did a quick wax pastel study and then set out to do a painting of it, starting with roughly breaking the white of the canvas with some greyed colours and then roughly sketching contours in bright green and adding some skin tones for facial features and hands. Contemplating on how to continue I rather liked the way how in several places the background colours coincided with and enhanced the contours and light and shadows of the figures and also how these figures seemed to faintly emerge from the canvas, so I decided to keep it in its rough state for now and perhaps just start on a new one.

Joueurs de Cartes - Card Players

Quick portrait studies of card players based on a very characteristic photo I came across while browsing for material for a painting of a group. Neocolor II wax pastels on grained paper (21 x 21 cm).

Art class, life drawing and painting

Art class, life drawing and painting, first of two sessions without a specific focus, just working in a style of one's own choice from a dressed model. Acrylic on paper (55 x 73 cm). Model: Ron. Cursus portret & model-schilderen, eerste van twee sessies vrij werken aan de hand van een gekleed model.

Rafael

Quick and rough iPad-sketch (Brushes App), experimenting with contrasting red and green colours. The perspective of the guitar and strings in the reference photo triggered me to echo this in a music staff. Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Snelle iPad-schets (Brushes App). Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.

Jutta

Quick and rough iPad-sketch (Brushes App). Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Snelle iPad-schets (Brushes App). Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.

Workshop portrait painting: Painting in the style of Cézanne (2)

Second and final session of a portrait painting workshop focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne) as described in the previous post. The result is still quite unfinished, ran out of time. Acrylic on paper (50 x 70 cm). Tweede en laatste sessie van een workshop portret schilderen, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne).

Workshop portrait painting: Painting in the style of Cézanne

Workshop portrait painting focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne). Acrylic on paper (50 x 70 cm). Workshop portret schilderen, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne).

Art class: Colour theory, tonal colours (Martin)

Art class, life drawing and painting, focused on achieving depth or accentuation through colour, in particular the use of tonal colours. Fourth session on colour theory, this time used for portrait sketching. To practise tonal painting we this time actually didn't sketch from life, but from self-chosen photos. As I've been wanting to do a painting of Martin for a while now (I did a quick digital sketch of him earlier, see my previous post on Martin), I chose one of his JKPP-photos to work from. I used cobalt blue as basic colour and mixed the rest from that. Not completely finished, ran out of time. I'd need to do some corrections to really catch the Martin I've come to know, but all in all I'm pleased with both the result and likeness. I tend never to continue with or rework art class material afterwards, just leaving it as it turned out during class as a reminder of that particular session. Acrylic on paper (55 x 73 cm). Portrait also for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Cursus portret & model-schilderen, gericht op diepte- of accentwerking door middel van kleur, met name tonale kleuren. Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.

Art class: Colour theory, complementary colours

Art class, life drawing and painting, focused on achieving depth or accentuation through colour, in particular the use of complementary colours. Third session on colour theory, this time used for model sketching. The result again is very much unfinished. Acrylic on paper. Cursus portret & model-schilderen, gericht op diepte- of accentwerking door middel van kleur, met name complementaire kleuren.

Art class: Colour theory, greying colours

Art class, life drawing and painting, focused on achieving depth or accentuation through colour, in particular the use of greying colours. Second session on colour theory, this time used for portrait sketching. The result again is unfinished. Acrylic on paper. Model: Arthur. Cursus portret & model-schilderen, gericht op diepte- of accentwerking door middel van kleur, met name vergrijzing van kleuren.