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July 9, 2013 at 10:49 pm #448520
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Our July & August Portrait Challenge will feature works by the Spanish painting master, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, who was baptised on June 6, 1599 and died on August 6, 1660.

He was the Royal Court painter and more information on his life can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Velázquez

Here is a website that features all his works: http://www.diegovelazquez.org/

Here are our references:

1.

Portrait of a Man with a Goatee, 1620-22

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Portrait of a Cleric, 1622-23

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Portrait of a Young Man, 1629

4.

Portrait of a Man, 1630 (with some details)

5.

Study for the Head of Apollo, 1630

6.

A Sibyl, 1630-31

Cheers, Lauren
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.fosterm/
July 9, 2013 at 11:04 pm #526129
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Portrait of Queen Isabel, standing, 1631-32

8.

Lady with a Fan, circa 1635

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Portrait of a Young Lady, circa 1635

10.

Francesco II d’Este, Duke of Moderna, 1638

11.

Portrait of a Little Girl, circa 1640

12.

Self Portrait, 1640

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Arachne (A Sybil), circa 1644-48

14.

Portrait of Pope Innocent X (detail), 1649-50

15.

Maria Teresa Infanta of Spain, 1651-54

16.

Maria Teresa of Spain (with ‘the two watches’), 1652-53

I hope these references inspire you!
We look forward to seeing your Velásquez studies!

Cheers, Lauren
https://www.facebook.com/LaurenFosterMacLeod/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.fosterm/
July 10, 2013 at 12:40 pm #526138
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Great selection Lauren , im in
July 10, 2013 at 1:17 pm #526148
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I’m in too , I’m back home and getting poked by endless needles:rolleyes: so I need a drawing buddy …:D lovely , Iv stood and and done some of these already in my gallery last year …. I love them all …the prada was amazing to see
July 10, 2013 at 1:35 pm #526139
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Which one are you gonna do sandra
July 10, 2013 at 2:20 pm #526149
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Which one are you gonna do sandra

Which one are you gonna do Leigh
July 10, 2013 at 2:29 pm #526140
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I think the pope as its the easy one on a scale of impossible , slightly possible , and lastly possible , you ?
July 10, 2013 at 2:34 pm #526150
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I think the pope as its the easy one on a scale of impossible , slightly possible , and lastly possible , you ?

Or would that be Nigh on impossible lol. Your funny , , I’m not sure …. I am liking that portrait of a little girl also and the portrait of a man 1630 …. Ill work in graphite or charcoal …need the practice …:o
July 10, 2013 at 2:41 pm #526141
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Portrait of a man would be my normal choice as its more refined and my sort of thing but I wanna slap the paint about a bit so mr pope is my challenge , might get my crayons out tonight and sketch abit , good choice on the charcoal study as many darks to play with
July 10, 2013 at 2:48 pm #526151
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Sounds good…look forward to seeing , I’m sure yours will be pretty outstanding work , yep the darks Totally agree , thats what i thought when looking …and thankyou for being so lovely … :o
July 10, 2013 at 2:53 pm #526142
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Im sure we will both learn a great deal or at least understand what impossible really means lol , look forward to seeing your wip and let the fun begin :0)
July 10, 2013 at 5:13 pm #526137
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i found this image of this painting from a different website and claims to be the original , seems a lot different to laurens one so a tad confused
July 10, 2013 at 5:35 pm #526128
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Oileybloke –

This one does look more like I’d expect the original painting to be. Thanks for posting it.

I welcome anyone to post up other references of these paintings — if you find one that looks better. I found most of these on the ARC website.

Cheers, Lauren
https://www.facebook.com/LaurenFosterMacLeod/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.fosterm/
July 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm #526143
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Lauren There are many different colour versions on the web so its down to instinct as what you feel I might be
July 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm #526144
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Off and running , gridded this then just wiped some shapes in with a rag
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