Self Portrait

Rich_A · January 17

Been a while since I posted anything. I've been painting and drawing but nothing worthy of posting. I got inspired by David Leffel to draw and paint self portraits looking in a mirror. Here's one that I'm happy with. Charcoal on paper. Thanks for lookin!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020129/uploads/editor/g4/pqgftabfaiti.jpg

Forgiveness · January 17

Nice! That's a great excersise. I might be inclined to try this in oil sometime.

toneli · January 19

That's an excellent drawing 👌🙂

Rich_A · January 20

@Forgiveness thanks man. That is just what I did. Oil exercise. Took about an hour with mirror. 8 x 10 canvas pad.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020129/uploads/editor/kq/73781vtdz9eo.jpg

@toneli thank you so much. I appreciate it.

Forgiveness · January 20

Now this is very exciting! Now I really have to try this myself, real soon.

shobhasartspeakz · January 21

Awesome

Bobitaly · January 21

wow beautiful!!

gar3thjon3s · January 21

Charcoal and oil painting are both excellent! Extremely difficult subject - self portraits in general, not your face specifically

oilpainter1950 · January 21

Excellent!

tassieguy · January 22

Great! A very lively portrait.

hiragaruben · January 25

I like your style! Both the drawing and the painting looks wonderful:))

Rich_A · January 30

@shobhasartspeakz thanks.
@Forgiveness Oils are a very exciting medium.
@Bobitaly thanks brother
@gar3thjon3s thanks. As long as I get it closeI'm fine with it.
@oilpainter1950 thanks
@tassieguy thanks
@hiragaruben thank you so much.

I painted another one more at a much larger scale using the smaller one as reference for color. 16" x 20"

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020129/uploads/editor/he/c9nq909bcjjy.jpg

tassieguy · January 30

Wow! That's stunning. So painterly. I love the brushwork and minimal blending which impart a wonderfully crisp quality and create a very lively image.

Rich_A · January 30

Thanks @tassieguy I appreciate it.

GTO · January 30

Well done portrait work. I like the painterly style.

kaustavM · January 30

You got the skills for colors, shapes, abstraction. I also feel that you have understood how to show intensity. Great works!

hiragaruben · February 1

lovely! I agree with the others! I like the painterly quality of it!:)

ArtGal · February 2

this is very well done portrait @Rich_A, love the abstractness and the color scheme on the last one

toneli · February 2

Gorgeous portraits, both of them. Very painterly 👌🙂

dencal · February 2

Rich_A

Excellent drawing and paintings. Fast and fantastic.

Denis

Pinetree · February 3

I prefer the smaller sketch. Very nice!

Julianna · February 3

Go you!!!!!!! I love all of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A_Time_To_Paint · March 27

Wow, excellent work.

JessicaArt · March 27

wow awesome!! I love the drawing and quick oil the best!! All are amazing but I especially love those!

toneli · March 28

Superbly painted. Love the brushwork and expressivity.

Rich_A · July 3

Thanks everyone for the kind words of inspiration. Here's a couple more I did out of boredom.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020129/uploads/editor/is/fmqrb4l6qesy.jpeg

BOB73 · July 3

Fabulous, I don't know how I overlooked these when you first posted them. I owe you a bunch of hearts for awsomes.

A_Time_To_Paint · July 3

Great job! These are fantastic!

oilpainter1950 · July 3

Excellent!

Catlady · August 11

Lord have mercy, your portrait is AWESOME

I love your style, must upload my own self portraits, xxxxxxxxxxx

kaustavM · August 13

Awesome selfies!

tassieguy · August 14

These are really good, @Rich_A. The drawing really grabs me. I love the way you've juxtaposed blue and red, a cool and a warm, and just a couple of white highlights to give the feeling of form.

Rich_A · August 14

@BOB73 thanks brother. Hearts back atcha.
@A_Time_To_Paint I appreciate all your support.
@oilpainter1950 thank you so much
@Catlady thank you so much. Please do. I'm loving your art.
@kaustavM thank you brother
@tassieguy thanks. I was experimenting with cools and warms. The warms push forward and the cools push backward.

There's a selfie painting competition I'm thinking about entering.

https://artistandselfiepaintings.artcall.org/

Catlady · August 17

WOW, excellent self portraits...
Must upload some of my own self portraits.
Rambrant did 100 self portraits in his life time. xxxxxx

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