An Armchair Story (study)

Quick sketch, more or less meant as an underpainting. Coming back to it, I found it had enough life in it to capture it in this stage.

Acrylic
Canvas
30 x 30 cm

Lucian Freud (1922-2011)

Last Christmas I got Martin Gayford's book "Man in a Blue Scarf; On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud" as a present and very much enjoyed reading it. It gives an interesting insight on how Lucian Freud went about painting a portrait (or rather several at the same time) but also an insight in the life and personality of the artist (and to some extent of the sitter which in the case of art historian Gayford is certainly interesting too).
After hearing that Lucian Freud died I thought of doing some kind of tribute for this great figurative artist. So I set out to do a portrait of the artist based on a photo that featured in a collection of photos the Guardian published to commemorate the artist.
This is the first stage of my portrait. At a certain point I had a likeness that rather appealed to me, but it got lost. Perhaps I can pick it up again in the next stage. Acrylic on canvas (50 x 60 cm).

Painting with palette knife, underpainting in warm colour (2)

Life drawing and painting, focused on painting with a palette knife on an underpainting in one single warm colour. Not particularly satisfied with the result, but still, here it is. Acrylic on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op schilderen met een paletmes op een onderschildering in een enkele warme kleur.

Painting with palette knife, underpainting in warm colour

Life drawing and painting, focused on painting with a palette knife on an underpainting in one single warm colour. Acrylic on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op schilderen met een paletmes op een onderschildering in een enkele warme kleur.

Painting with palette knife, underpainting in cool colour

Life drawing and painting, focused on painting with a palette knife on an underpainting in one single cool colour. Acrylic on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op schilderen met een paletmes op een onderschildering in een enkele koele kleur.