Portrait Gallery -- July/ August 2011 - Page 4

**Lauren F-M** · #46 07-17-2011, 12:30 PM

AnneMarie -- yes, the hand looks much better now -- a lovely painting!

(so are you now on to your next portrait?)

Sandra -- bravo for doing an oil study of your daughter!

tomasis · #47 07-17-2011, 01:19 PM

nice work, everybody

thanks all! Sure I stay here and post some new works. I will not run or hide away

Kevin, it is photoshop + ramon brushes + own made custom ones which are very simple.

sometimes i test Artrage as you see below. I'd love try Corel Painter some day since it supports rotation of wacom Art pen. I really love PS since it is so straightforward and it requires different thinking than oil/artrage. Both complete each other.

Isnt funny that I use digital to emulate oil?

**NancyMP** · #48 07-17-2011, 02:11 PM

Tomasis, your Sargent girl looks more like pastel to me, but this last one certainly looks like oil! Both are terrific; I would be totally lost trying to do digital art!

tomasis · #49 07-17-2011, 02:48 PM

nancy, thanks, I agree about Sargent, im never gonna be good on brushes of Photoshop that makes oil painting look real. But I forgot one thing that one can make a scan of any random oil painting and add texture in blending mode.

I experimented a bit. I took a piece of scanning of my forehead (unfinished selfportrait painting) and tried bring out texture and smoothness of layer. I got tip from Craig Mullins :P

lovin art · #50 07-17-2011, 06:00 PM

Ta~Ann Marie, lovely of you , and your painting is beautifully high key , it works fine , !! and Lauren ta to you doll .. hows yours coming along!

Tomasis, Man

, I love your digitial!!!

~oh I replyed to you in the Sargent thread in oils seems we do love him both it seems ...you rock at it ~ I would love to see a wip of your work on here , come share with us ... I for one would totally gush over it , I have corel painter , just dont seem to use it , for pLaying in the real stuff ~Oils

123harry · #51 07-17-2011, 06:20 PM

Great digi, tomasis, love the close palette. You've got real flair for this.

blarkin · #52 07-18-2011, 05:22 PM

This is an update of one I started months ago. It's my 16 year old daughter, and my first portrait attempt. i had to get it done b/c my younger daughter is wondering why I haven't started "her" yet!! I guess it's encouraging that she still wants me to paint her after seeing how her sister's turned out. C/C welcome! sorry for the glare. It's in oils 9x11.

tomasis · #53 07-20-2011, 12:44 AM

harry and sandra, thanks!

Sandra, do you mean you want digital tutorial on how to use digital? For general I think it is pretty much same with oil on particular program as Artrage, Painter but layer dries quickly as 0,1 sec there

. But it might be other things I can talk about how to make full use of digital media. Im afraid I made some bad habits of using digital since it is so flexible, comfortable, forgiving so I usually put way too loose strokes in beginning, make palette on the image then slowly I tighten up all things. In oil you have to do right already from beginning and plan carefully.

I think I can do a wip of something, write mostly tips how to make use of digital at easy way.

usually I spend max 1-2 hours per piece (this below is exception, way overdone i guess i wanted to get drawing right), thats relatively fast compared to oil, also digital is demanding as you can do "too much"

lovin art · #54 07-20-2011, 03:42 AM

Yes Tomas, I just meant it would be nice to share your work in the main forum I think lots of artist would benefit from it working in either the real stuff of digital , its all learning isnt it ... I have always dug digital , but I just never get my wacom tablet out ...but your work is quite inspiring for sure

the above head study is very cool , is that a Sargent head Im not sure I thought I knew all his heads ?...

blarkin · #55 07-20-2011, 09:06 AM

Tomasis, whoevers head it is, it's really great!

raeburn10025 · #56 07-20-2011, 01:34 PM

Tomasis that's really great. Do you adjust a reference photo or finger paint on your computer like David Kassan on YouTube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLP4nbAVA4

Donna Rose · #57 07-20-2011, 04:38 PM

Hi everyone!

I haven't posted in a while so here is my latest of my niece's daughter. I'd love to get your thoughts! It's great to see such beautiful work from all of you! So much talent here!

Donna

lovin art · #58 07-20-2011, 05:20 PM

Hey Donna , I love this she has a beautiful warm smile about her , my only suggestion the length of her nose is slightly longer in yours ...-what medium is this done in , as you didnt say !!

Donna Rose · #59 07-20-2011, 05:36 PM

Oops sorry! I forgot - it's been so long since I posted! Its oil on 12 X 16 canvas. I see what you mean about the nose - thanks for looking!

Jane Matthews · #60 07-21-2011, 06:26 AM

Hi I'm a new member, I love painting portraits and figures. Here's my latest, from an old photo of my daughter (she's now 17 so a bit bigger than in this pic). I called it "Tiny Dancer". It's 12 x 14 inches, acrylic on canvas board. I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

Thanks for the opportunity to post - I love looking at everyone's work, you're all amazingly talented and skilful.

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